#!/usr/bin/perl my $f = "3.6"; my $floatpack = pack("d",$f); my $floatpack2 = pack("c*",reverse unpack("c*",$floatpack)); $f2 = unpack("d",$floatpack2); print "f2=$f2\n"; my $floatpack3 = pack("c*",reverse unpack("c*",$floatpack2)); $f3 = unpack("d",$floatpack3); print "f3=$f3\n";