in reply to Re^2: Unpack an 8 bit unsigned char matrix
in thread Unpack an 8 bit unsigned char matrix

A quick (not binary, but same difference) demo:

#! perl -slw
use strict;
use Data::Dump qw[ pp ];

sysread( DATA, my $buffer, 80 ) or die $!;

my @matrixX10 = map[ unpack 'C*', $_ ], unpack '(a10)*', $buffer;
pp\@matrixX10;

my @matrixX5 = map[ unpack 'C*', $_ ], unpack '(a5)*', $buffer;
pp\@matrixX5;

__DATA__
1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
+1234567890

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Produces: 

C:\test\primes>..\junk94
[
  [49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 48],
  [49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 48],
  [49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 48],
  [49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 48],
  [49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 48],
  [49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 48],
  [49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 48],
  [49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 48],
]

[
  [49, 50, 51, 52, 53],
  [54, 55, 56, 57, 48],
  [49, 50, 51, 52, 53],
  [54, 55, 56, 57, 48],
  [49, 50, 51, 52, 53],
  [54, 55, 56, 57, 48],
  [49, 50, 51, 52, 53],
  [54, 55, 56, 57, 48],
  [49, 50, 51, 52, 53],
  [54, 55, 56, 57, 48],
  [49, 50, 51, 52, 53],
  [54, 55, 56, 57, 48],
  [49, 50, 51, 52, 53],
  [54, 55, 56, 57, 48],
  [49, 50, 51, 52, 53],
  [54, 55, 56, 57, 48],
]

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