oct

NAME

oct - convert a string to an octal number


SYNOPSIS

oct EXPR


DESCRIPTION

Interprets EXPR as an octal string and returns the corresponding decimal value. (If EXPR happens to start off with 0x, interprets it as a hex string instead.) The following will handle decimal, octal, and hex in the standard Perl or C notation:

$val = oct($val) if $val =~ /^0/;

If EXPR is omitted, uses $_ .