Re: how to convert numbers to ASCII characters

ASCII covers only the range from 0 to 127. (And yes, chr and ord are the right builtins).

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Re^2: how to convert numbers to ASCII characters by redss (Monk) on Jan 24, 2008 at 14:37 UTC
ok that is fine if ASCII only covers 0-127. The file I write to can be a binary file rather than ascii, so will the same functions work in that case?	[reply]
Re^3: how to convert numbers to ASCII characters by lidden (Curate) on Jan 24, 2008 at 14:43 UTC
Yes, they will work. Perl uses Latin1 in the range 0..255.	[reply]
Re^4: how to convert numbers to ASCII characters by redss (Monk) on Jan 24, 2008 at 14:51 UTC
that worked great, THANKS!	[reply]