use Data::Dumper qw( Dumper ); for (qw[ A066 A067 A098 A099 ]) { my $coded = pack('N A1 A*', substr($_, 1), substr($_, 0, 1), $_); local $Data::Dumper::Useqq = 1; local $Data::Dumper::Terse = 1; print("$_: ", Dumper($coded)); } #### A066: "\0\0\0BAA066" A067: "\0\0\0CAA067" A098: "\0\0\0bAA098" A099: "\0\0\0cAA099"