Re: fixed length string

YAW.

print "'", pack( 'A5', $_ ), "'" for qw[ so some somewhat ];
'so   '
'some '
'somew'
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Re^2: fixed length string by keszler (Priest) on Jul 05, 2004 at 11:06 UTC
Pack truncates as well as pads. (Mental note: caffeinate before posting.) `Rate srchrep xprintf YAW srchrep 5434/s -- -79% -82% xprintf 25870/s 376% -- -16% YAW 30876/s 468% 19% --` [download]	[reply] [d/l]