Re^2: Question on SV internals

I was thinking of taking a field that I'm originally using for a numeric value and adding some other (optional) flags to it. Making it a string comparison would give funny results for 4 vs 20, etc. Splitting it up into different fields first, or setting it up with additional (mostly unused) fields originally would be more work.

I was assuming that using "20 ducks" as a numeric value just worked (albeit with a warning I can turn off in a tight scope). I would not expect the "ducks" to disappear, as I'll look at that part of the string later.

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Re^3: Question on SV internals by Tux (Canon) on May 09, 2011 at 22:05 UTC
The read the tutorial on `pack` and `unpack`. The advantage of `pack "NA20", 20, "ducks"` is that it sorts fantastic and fast and that the numeric part and the string part are well-defined separated from eachother. Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn	[reply] [d/l] [select]