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pack('s',32768) #a signed short value<br />
pack('n',32768) #a short in &quot;network&quot; (big-endian) order<br />
pack('v',32768) #a short in &quot;VAX&quot; (little endian) order<br />

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pack('s',32768) #a signed short value
pack('n',32768) #a short in "network" (big-endian) order
pack('v',32768) #a short in "VAX" (little endian) order


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OK that works ... I guess it wasn't as difficult a question as I thought. Thanks. So how do I give you a grade?<br />

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OK that works ... I guess it wasn't as difficult a question as I thought. Thanks. So how do I give you a grade?


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What grade do you want to give?<br />

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So whether or not you tell me how to give you a grade depends on what the grade is, huh? (just kidding) ... A<br />
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In the past I thought that I was always given the option to give a grade. Has the system changed?<br />

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So whether or not you tell me how to give you a grade depends on what the grade is, huh? (just kidding) ... A

In the past I thought that I was always given the option to give a grade. Has the system changed?


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You're welcome.<br />
perldoc -f pack<br />
should tell you about other pack/unpack formats that may be useful<br />

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You're welcome.
perldoc -f pack
should tell you about other pack/unpack formats that may be useful


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I am processing some data with perl. I need to output my integer data in 2-byte signed (i.e., -32768 to +32768) binary format rather than standard ascii text format. [i.e., analogous to outputing data with the write() C-language command available from unistd.h]. I don't want to have any end-of-line characters between each integer value. Is there a way to do this in perl? <br />
Thanks, Dave
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I am processing some data with perl. I need to output my integer data in 2-byte signed (i.e., -32768 to +32768) binary format rather than standard ascii text format. [i.e., analogous to outputing data with the write() C-language command available from unistd.h]. I don't want to have any end-of-line characters between each integer value. Is there a way to do this in perl? 
Thanks, Dave

can I output integer data in binary form rather than ASCII?

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