>> I need to convert a number like this: -3205.0569059 >> ... into an 8-byte double (big and little endian), e.g. 4f 3e 52 00 2a > bc 93 >> d3 (I just made up those 8 byte values). >> >> Is this easy in perl? Are long and short ints easy as well? > > The sprintf() family is your friend.
I see %x (unsigned integer, in hexadecimal) and %f (floating-point number, in fixed decimal notation), but nothing about doubles, endianness, etc. I checked both my perl bookshelf and perldoc on this so far with no luck... - Bryan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
