#! /usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;

my $sample = "041424344454647484940414";
my $expected = '012345678901';

my $result = pack '(a)*', unpack '(ax)*', $sample;

use Test::More tests => 1;
is $result, $expected;
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($q=q:Sq=~/;[c](.)(.)/;chr(-||-|5+lengthSq)`"S|oS2"`map{chr |+ord
}map{substrSq`S_+|`|}3E|-|`7**2-3:)=~y+S|`+$1,++print+eval$q,q,a,
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