package FixedLength; use strict; use warnings; sub TIESCALAR { my ( $class, $length) = @_; my $self = {}; $self->{_item} = undef; $self->{_length} = $length; return bless \$self, $class; } sub FETCH { my ($self) = @_; return $$self->{_item}; } sub STORE { my ( $self, $value ) = @_; my $len = $$self->{_length}; $$self->{_item} = pack "A$len", $value; } 1;