[FWP] 4294967295

[Vicki Brown <vlb@cfcl.com>]

This one also came from a discussion on the MacPerl list. I thought 
the discussion was interesting... No fair answering if you already 
answered over there.

  Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 12:35:43 -1200
 
  >I'm testing out basic  PERL functions and  I do the following three
  >lines - copied exactly out of my new PERL book, apart from the variable
  >of course.

  $myEmail =  'me%40my.email.com';
  $myEmail = ~ s/%40/@/g;
  print "$myEmail";

  >All I get back is 4294967295.
  >
  > I want to replace the %40 with a @.
  >
  > But I'd like to know what the 4294967295 is - for next time

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