in reply to Re^3: Why is pack("N",42949672965) giving me 00 00 00 05
in thread Why is pack("N",42949672965) giving me 00 00 00 05

It was a rhetorical question. The implication is that you should have used 0xFFFF_FFFF. If you had, you wouldn't have made the error you did.

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Re^5: Why is pack("N",42949672965) giving me 00 00 00 05
by isync (Hermit) on Feb 12, 2015 at 00:43 UTC
    :) of course. Thanks again!
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