Well, Perl doesn't have these data types explicitly (at least not yet) but what you should look at are the two functions Pack and Unpack.
Pack and Unpack take scalar variables and convert them according to the format you specify. The man pages for them are quite in depth. Hope that helps. Take care, Maurice >From: Ruth Albocher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: data types >Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 20:58:08 +0200 >hi all >I wish to use variables of type: >double/long (but not float!) >binary numbers and casting strings to binary >unsigned integers(doubled would be better!) > >can somone point me in the right direction? > >thanks >ruthie _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
