On Thu, January 24, 2008 5:20 pm, Jochem Maas wrote: > someone asked about checksum values in another thread, I believe > he got his answer no thanks to me. but whilst I was trying to help > I got stuck playing with pack/unpack. > > so now I have the broadbrush question of what would one use > pack/unpack for? can anyone point at some realworld examples/code that > might help me broaden my horizons?
Reading a "binary" file with various bytes/bits that need to get converted to integers for you to do something useful with them. Ditty for writing said file. -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
