it's all confusing.

If you cannot explain what you do not understand, then how can I explain 'it' to you?

Do you know that this: $x is a variable? Can you guess what this does? if( $x == 1 ) { print 'hi' }

in the real situation, the special character string would be followed by four bytes,

Once again I ask, why do you insist on wasting my time?

Why, when I explicitly and clearly asked you to "What you are actually searching for."; asked you to avoid say this, say that, say the other. Why do you have me expend a not inconsiderable amount of my time, solving the problem you claimed to have, only for you to then tell me that actually you lied, and your actual problem is something different?

There is nothing in the code I posted that, with a little effort on your behalf to look things up in the extensive and detailed perl documentation, that anyone intellectually capable of being or becoming a programmer, could not understand if they choose to.

But if you cannot, or will not, make the effort to at least describe what it is that you do not understand, then how can I possibly assist you?

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

In reply to Re^5: Finding large blocks consisting of a single character (but within certain parameters...) by BrowserUk
in thread Finding large blocks consisting of a single character (but within certain parameters...) by TheMartianGeek

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