[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
what is this pack actually doing.... compressing the data in each element or the entire array or both?
Derek, I know you know about perldoc, I've seen it recommended to you dozens of times :)
perldoc -f pack Takes a LIST of values and converts it into a string using the rules given by the TEMPLATE. The resulting string is the concatenation of the converted values I've also seen people ask you not to top post ;p -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>