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#hex EXPR

#hex

Interprets EXPR as a hex string and returns the corresponding value. (To convert strings that might start with either 0 or 0x see "oct".) If EXPR is omitted, uses $_.

print hex '0xAf'; # prints '175'
print hex 'aF'; # same

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