> > # here I need to get contents of $ray[0x209] in DECIMAL so I can know how > > many following bytes are relevant. > > > > Thoughts... options?? > > How many bytes long is the length word ? It sounds like he just wants $ray[ hex(0x209) ] but unpack does seem to make more sense that splitting each line into an array first. Maybe if we had some sort of sample input and desired output we could just write the darn thing. _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-users