> -Original Message-
> From: steven mckean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 9:07 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Packed data
>
>
> Perl Gurus,
>
> How does on pack say a 4 byte field "1234" into a 2 byte
> field "12","34"?
Do you mean BCD?
$s = pac
Steven McKean wrote:
>
> How does on pack say a 4 byte field "1234" into a 2 byte field "12","34"?
my $field = '1234';
my ( $first, $last ) = $field =~ /(..)(..)/s;
# or
my ( $first, $last ) = unpack 'a2 a2', $field;
John
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