In one word, YES.

Read 1 byte at a time:

read() # when reading from a file, or
unpack() # using b or B in the template when reading from a string

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Bit shift left 3 bits:

$a = $b << 3;

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Bit shift right 2 bits:

$a = $b >> 2;

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Bitwise AND:

$c = $a & $b;

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Bitwise OR:

$c = $a | $b;

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Bitwise XOR:

$c = $a ^ $b;

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Binary to hex conversion (4 bits at a time):

$hex =~ s/([01]{4})/sprintf("%.1x", eval('0b'.$binary))/eg;

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(or something similar using the sprintf function)

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mlh2003

In reply to Re^3: compiling Perl on Win32 so I can use Inline::C by mlh2003
in thread compiling Perl on Win32 so I can use Inline::C by diana

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