#! perl -slw use strict; use Inline C => Config => BUILD_NOISY => 1; use Inline C => <<'END_C', NAME => '_1180095', CLEAN_AFTER_BUILD =>0; int doStuff( SV *sv ) { STRLEN len, i; unsigned char *bytes = SvPVx( sv, len ); printf( "%d : ", len ); // print the hi & lo nybbles, of the unsigned bytes passed, in hex for( i=0; i < len; ++i ) { printf( "%01x %01x\t", ( bytes[ i ] & 0xf0 ) >> 4, bytes[ i ] & 0x0f ); } printf( "\n" ); return 1; } END_C doStuff( "\x0f\xf0\xaa\x55\x01\x80" ); doStuff( join '', map chr, 0x00 .. 0xff ); doStuff( pack 'C*', 1 .. 10 );