A couple more corner cases: $a = 1:0; #error? or zero
$b = 4294967296:1.2.3.4 # base 2**32 printf "%32x", $b; 00000001000000020000000300000004 Dave.
A couple more corner cases: $a = 1:0; #error? or zero
$b = 4294967296:1.2.3.4 # base 2**32 printf "%32x", $b; 00000001000000020000000300000004 Dave.