[MacPerl] Re: How can I display a number in dual representation, e.g. 29 --> 11101?

[Chris Sarnowski]

You can use unpack.
Here is an example from MacOS X rather than macperl, but it should work 
the same way.

% perl -e 'print unpack("B*", chr(29)), "\n"'
00011101
note that in the context of unpack, values always seem to be treated as 
strings; that is
% perl -e 'print unpack("B*", 29), "\n"'
0011001000111001

prints the binary for '2' and '9'.
On Mar 4, 2005, at 6:30 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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From: Detlef Lindenthal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: March 4, 2005 6:28:43 AM EST
To: macperl@perl.org
Subject: How can I display a number in dual representation, e.g. 29 
--> 11101?

What would be the easiest way to display a number as dual / binary 
number?
For example: 29 is to be displayed as 11101.

In PHP this would work:
<?
printf ("%b", 29);
?>
but not so in Perl.
Any idea?
Detlef Lindenthal