Re: how to unpack a big-endian signed short integer

Instead of 's', use 'n'.

's' is unsigned short in your platform specific/c-compiler format.

'n' is unsigned short in "network" (big endian) format.

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Re: Re: how to unpack a big-endian signed short integer by robinbowes (Beadle) on Oct 15, 2003 at 19:52 UTC
Thanks for the suggestion. However the values I'm reading are signed, i.e. signed, big-endian 16-bit integers. There doesn't seem to be a an appropriate format character for this. Bummer! -- Robin Bowes \| http://robinbowes.com	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: how to unpack a big-endian signed short integer by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Oct 15, 2003 at 20:06 UTC
Sorry. I misread that. Try this... `print unpack 's', pack 'S', unpack 'n', $n;` [download] Unpacking it with 'n' will handle the big-endianess without dropping bits. Repacking it with 'S' should likewise not drop anything, but will get it into a format that 's' will correctly unpack. I would use 'n' in the composite unpack and then `sub utos16{ unpack 's', pack 'S', $_[0] }` [download] to retrieve the signedness afterwards. (Note: Please check I got that right:) Examine what is said, not who speaks. "Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham "Think for yourself!" - Abigail Hooray!	[reply] [d/l] [select]