On Dec 16, I.J. said:
>Well, I am landing from C and this is all so intriguing, but at this time
>I'd like to load part of the file(binary) as array of chars. Like:
> read(FILE,$s,$I,$J);
> @s=split//, $s;
>however, It seems to me that much computer power are used in vain. Is there
>any other way that does the job directly without string variable $s?
You could read a selected amount and split it:
# read 8 bytes starting at the 100th byte
$pos = 100;
$len = 8;
open FILE, "< $file" or die "can't read $file: $!";
seek FILE, $pos, 0; # where you want to start reading
{
local $/ = \$len; # number of bytes you want to read
@chars = split //, <FILE>;
}
close FILE;
Ta da. The magic of $/ (as documented in perlvar).
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