Number::Convert

Number::Convert - Perl extension to convert numbers between different base systems.

SYNOPSIS

        use Number::Convert;

        my $a = new Number::Convert(0xff);

        $a += "abcdef";
        $a ^= 0b000011111;

        print $a->ToBinary()."\n";

        print Number::Convert->new(0xff)->ToDecimal()."\n";

DESCRIPTION

This extension provides for easy conversion of numbers between different bases. It currently supports base 2, 8, 10 & 16 (binary, octal, decimal & hex). It also supports basic perl operations on numbers such as add, subtract, multiply, divide and a few bitwise operators such as and, or, xor.

Overloaded operators.

The following binary operators have been overloaded so that you can perform operations on Number::Convert objects as if they were normal scalars.

+, -, *, /, &, |, ^ (xor)

Other functions

ToDecimal

Will return the number in decimal format

ToBinary

Will return the number in binary format

ToHex

Will return the number in hexadecimal format

ToUpperCaseHex

Will return the number in hexadecimal format, but using uppercase for letters A-Z.

ToOctal

Will return the number in octal format.

SEE ALSO

If you have any questions/issues, please feel free to reach out to the author.

AUTHOR

Karthik Umashankar <karthiku@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2010 by Karthik Umashankar

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.10.1 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.