isnt something like: 
$data eq "8000" or $data eq "0080"

the same as:

$data eq "8000" || $data eq "0080";

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i thought i read somewhere that its was better to use "||" instead of "or" and use "&&" instead of "and". anyways...like i said i have tried alot of different avenues, i have even tried only swapping the 8A-8F/A0 with eq to no avail.
i have been up for a while though so maybe i will take a break from it for a while and get some rest and come back to it with a fresh mind lol. I am looking forward to sharing the tool and the code to see any criticism or input on how to make it better, because honestly this is my first ever program ive done that actually amounted to anything, and its going to have a gui :D
everything else works great except for this snippet lol. but ill take a break and come back later.
also thanks for the input :)

In reply to Re^2: perl unpack and matching the unpacked data by james28909
in thread perl unpack and matching the unpacked data by james28909

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