"JupiterHost.Net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] st.net> To beginners perl <beginners@perl.org> 01/03/2006 11:28 cc AM Subject Re: pack an array
[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> ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ I know but sometimes I forget. sorry and thx for the explan. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>