>perl -wMstrict -le "my $ps = pack 'N*', 11, 22, 33, 44, 55, 66; my $upk = '(x[N])3 N'; my $n1 = unpack $upk, $ps; print qq{n1 $n1}; my ($n2) = unpack $upk, $ps; print qq{n2 $n2}; " n1 22 n2 44