As always with Perl there is more than one way to do it. Below are a few examples of approaches to making common conversions between number representations. This is intended to be representational rather than exhaustive.

Some of the examples below use the Bit::Vector module from CPAN. The reason you might choose Bit::Vector over the perl built in functions is that it works with numbers of ANY size, that it is optimized for speed on some operations, and for at least some programmers the notation might be familiar.

How do I convert hexadecimal into decimal

Using perl's built in conversion of 0x notation:

  $int = 0xDEADBEEF;$dec = sprintf("%d", $int);  Using the hex function:  $int = hex("DEADBEEF"); $dec = sprintf("%d",$int); 

Using pack:

  $int = unpack("N", pack("H8", substr("0" x 8 . "DEADBEEF", -8)));$dec = sprintf("%d", $int);  Using the CPAN module Bit::Vector:   use Bit::Vector;$vec = Bit::Vector->new_Hex(32, "DEADBEEF"); $dec =$vec->to_Dec(); 

How do I convert from decimal to hexadecimal

Using sprint:

  $hex = sprintf("%X", 3735928559);  Using unpack  $hex = unpack("H*", pack("N", 3735928559));

Using Bit::Vector

  use Bit::Vector; $vec = Bit::Vector->new_Dec(32, -559038737);$hex = $vec->to_Hex();  And Bit::Vector supports odd bit counts:   use Bit::Vector;$vec = Bit::Vector->new_Dec(33, 3735928559); $vec->Resize(32); # suppress leading 0 if unwanted$hex = $vec->to_Hex();  How do I convert from octal to decimal Using Perl's built in conversion of numbers with leading zeros:  $int = 033653337357; # note the leading 0! $dec = sprintf("%d",$int); 

Using the oct function:

  $int = oct("33653337357");$dec = sprintf("%d", $int);  Using Bit::Vector:   use Bit::Vector;$vec = Bit::Vector->new(32); $vec->Chunk_List_Store(3, split(//, reverse "33653337357"));$dec = $vec->to_Dec();  How do I convert from decimal to octal Using sprintf:  $oct = sprintf("%o", 3735928559);

Using Bit::Vector

  use Bit::Vector; $vec = Bit::Vector->new_Dec(32, -559038737);$oct = reverse join('', $vec->Chunk_List_Read(3));  How do I convert from binary to decimal Perl 5.6 lets you write binary numbers directly with the 0b notation:  $number = 0b10110110;

Using pack and ord

  $decimal = ord(pack('B8', '10110110'));  Using pack and unpack for larger strings  $int = unpack("N", pack("B32", substr("0" x 32 . "11110101011011011111011101111", -32))); $dec = sprintf("%d",$int); # substr() is used to left pad a 32 character string with zeros. 

Using Bit::Vector:

  $vec = Bit::Vector->new_Bin(32, "11011110101011011011111011101111");$dec = $vec->to_Dec();  How do I convert from decimal to binary Using unpack;  $bin = unpack("B*", pack("N", 3735928559));

Using Bit::Vector:

  use Bit::Vector; $vec = Bit::Vector->new_Dec(32, -559038737);$bin = \$vec->to_Bin(); 

The remaining transformations (e.g. hex -> oct, bin -> hex, etc.) are left as an exercise to the inclined reader.