Generating ascII value for a string

[quan]

Hello,

Trying to convert a alpha string to a numerical value.
$string = "Big TV";
I would like to convert this to its ascii numerical equivalent which I will store in a new string

$newstring = "234234";


Thanks a million <i>Its okay to dream.....</i>

 

[toolkit]

$string = "Big TV";

@dec = unpack( "C*", pack( "A*", $string ) );
$hex = unpack( "H*", pack( "A*", $string ) );

$" = "";
print "@dec\n";
print "$hex\n";

Returns a choice of:

66105103328486  (decimal representation)
426967205456    (hexadecimal representation)

Cheers, Neil

 

[quan]

Thanks Neil,

That is what I needed..................

U the man <i>Its okay to dream.....</i>