>>>>>> "ug" == Uri Guttman <u...@stemsystems.com> writes:

  ug> unpack would be a poor choice if the number of digits in a field
  ug> changes. pack/unpack are meant for use in fixed field records.

   That was a bad assumption on my side, I only considered the problem at
hand, thinking unpack will be faster that substr.

Thanks,
timothy

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