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You could use pack <br />
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<a href="http://www.cotse.com/perl/pack.html" rel="ugc">http://www.cotse.com/perl/pack.html</a>
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You could use pack

http://www.cotse.com/perl/pack.html [http://www.cotse.com/perl/pack.html]

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Sorry. I left out informtion that I thought wouldn't matter. &nbsp;I was wrong. &nbsp;I'm using LabVIEW 8.0. &nbsp;It has tools where I get a UDP signal. &nbsp;I then take this signal and I'm trying to pull the information out by using another LabVIEW tool that matches regular expressions. &nbsp;I don't think that I can use the pack command b/c the tool only lets me match a regular exspression. &nbsp;If you know LabVIEW and know that it's easier to get the info a different way, please tell me. &nbsp;Sorry I left out some of the info - lv, perl, and data signals are all new to me.
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Sorry. I left out informtion that I thought wouldn't matter.  I was wrong.  I'm using LabVIEW 8.0.  It has tools where I get a UDP signal.  I then take this signal and I'm trying to pull the information out by using another LabVIEW tool that matches regular expressions.  I don't think that I can use the pack command b/c the tool only lets me match a regular exspression.  If you know LabVIEW and know that it's easier to get the info a different way, please tell me.  Sorry I left out some of the info - lv, perl, and data signals are all new to me.

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Perl, UDP, and message division are new to me so please keep that in mind. &nbsp;I'm trying to receive a 12 byte UDP message (I'm told that's the smallest UDP division). &nbsp;It is divided as:<br />
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32 bits<br />
8 bits | 8 bits | 8 bits | 8 bits<br />
32 bits<br />
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1) Should (can) I divide this into 6 different variables or possibly array elements using perl? &nbsp;<br />
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2) I think that sometimes the divisions are numbers. &nbsp;Is there a standard way to tell if it is text or numeric? &nbsp;<br />
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Thanks,<br />
Dan
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Perl, UDP, and message division are new to me so please keep that in mind.  I'm trying to receive a 12 byte UDP message (I'm told that's the smallest UDP division).  It is divided as:

32 bits
8 bits | 8 bits | 8 bits | 8 bits
32 bits

1) Should (can) I divide this into 6 different variables or possibly array elements using perl?  

2) I think that sometimes the divisions are numbers.  Is there a standard way to tell if it is text or numeric?  

Thanks,
Dan

is it possible to partition a perl message by bits?

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