Re^3: Reading binary file in perl having records of different length

See pack patterns "n" and "v" instead, or the "<" and ">" modifiers if you really want signed interpretation.

$ perl -le 'print unpack("v","\x03\x50")'
20483
$ perl -le 'print unpack("n","\x03\x50")'
848
$ perl -le 'print unpack("s<","\x03\x50")'
20483
$ perl -le 'print unpack("s>","\x03\x50")'
848
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Re^4: Reading binary file in perl having records of different length by jaypal (Beadle) on Jun 17, 2014 at 16:33 UTC
Awesome!! The use of "n" pattern worked great.	[reply]