[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > Among other data, a binary file contains the bytes "00A5". > I am trying to read these four bytes and get the decimal equivalent as > follows:
[snip] > read(FD, $buf, 4); #### $buf -> "00A5" I'm not sure I follow. Are you saying the characters in buf are 0x30 (an ASCII "0") char 0x30 (an ASCII "0") char 0x41 (an ASCII "A") char 0x35 (an ASCII "5") char Or are they: 0x00 0x00 0x0A 0x05 Or is it: 0x00 0xA5 (but that's only 2 bytes) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
