I personally would rather use DBD::SQLite for such
a problem, but it sounds like you are using pack, no? If
that is the case, are you packing/unpacking with 'a' or 'A'?
my @data = (
'thrakb boom ',
'a d j k l j s f',
'012345678901234',
);
foreach (@data) {
print 'a unpack: ', join('|', unpack('a5a5a5',$_)), "\n";
print 'A unpack: ', join('|', unpack('A5A5A5',$_)), "\n";
}
my @record = (
[qw(123 blah 21)],
[qw(45 sadflkj 9)],
[qw(4532 j 99)],
);
foreach (@record) {
print 'A pack: ', pack('A4 A10 A2',@$_),"\n";
print 'a pack: ', pack('a4 a10 a2',@$_),"\n";
}
Try packing with 'a' instead of 'A'. Note that packing
with 'A' will add trailing whitespace:
a A
pack does not add space adds trailing space
unpack does not remove space removes trailing space
Update: added pack example, prolly what i should have used
instead of the unpack example. ;)
jeffa
L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--
H---H---H---H---H---H---
(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)
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