use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dump::Streamer; $_ = "\x00" x 26; Dump($_); $_ = "\x30" x 26; Dump($_); #### $VAR1 = "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"; $VAR1 = '00000000000000000000000000';