Re: Port Java code to Perl help

Perhaps:

sub dashedHexToBytes{ 
    join'', map pack( 'H*', $_ ),split'-', $_[0] 
};;
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print dashedHexToBytes( '3f-ff0c-1234-af12' );;
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sub dashedHexToBytes{ 
    local $_ = shift; 
    tr[-][]; 
    return pack( 'h*', $_ );
};;
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print dashedHexToBytes( '0123-4567-89ab-cdef-0123-4567-89ab-cdef' );;
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Note: In both examples, you may need to switch from 'H*' to 'h*' or vice versa depending on the endianess of the originating system and that of the receiving system.

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Re^2: Port Java code to Perl help by jaakko_m (Initiate) on Apr 23, 2012 at 03:55 UTC
This solution did the trick, got the result into a binary exactly as we needed! Thanks so much and sorry for the delay in getting my response back up here. `sub dashedHexToBytes{ join'', map pack( 'H*', $_ ),split'-', $_[0] };` [download] Best! Jaakko	[reply] [d/l]