Re^2: Please Explain this Function


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Re^2: Please Explain this Function

by Nkuvu (Priest)

on May 15, 2009 at 17:33 UTC ( [id://764319]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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Not very useful in determining what the pack function is trying to do. It looks like line noise, so did the pack fail? Is the format wrong? I dunno.

But I'll also mention that pack and unpack still confuse me, even though I know the surrounding Perl syntax in that function. And even after reading most of perldoc -f pack and perldoc perlpacktut.

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Re^3: Please Explain this Function by apl (Monsignor) on May 16, 2009 at 00:23 UTC
You had asked can you please Tell what $msg Returns here. My point is that you could have found out for yourself what was being returned. Anything else (what does pack/unpack do) is a separate question.	[reply]
Re^4: Please Explain this Function by Nkuvu (Priest) on May 16, 2009 at 06:06 UTC
Minor note, I'm not the person who originally asked. Another note, koti688 did specifically ask "I want to know what pack and Unpack do excatly" [sic]. Although I will admit that I missed the second question the first time I read it. But in any case, it's pretty clear from the printed output that someone unfamiliar with pack/unpack isn't going to gain much from looking at the output.	[reply]

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