Using unpack for bits

Hi all,

When converting a single number (eg 6) to its binary format using
unpack as in:

unpack 'B8', '6'; # output = 00110110

I get the 8 character output 00110110.
Does unpack have options for it to only return the last 4 characters
of this output (ie 0110)?
Or is the only option to use substr?

Got a little confused by the documentation :(


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Re: Using unpack for bits

th0ma5_anders0n@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hi all,

Hello,

> When converting a single number (eg 6) to its binary format using
> unpack as in:
>
> unpack 'B8', '6'; # output = 00110110

You are not converting the number 6, you are converting the string '6'.


> I get the 8 character output 00110110.
> Does unpack have options for it to only return the last 4 characters
> of this output (ie 0110)?
> Or is the only option to use substr?

$ perl -le'printf "%04b\n", 6'
0110



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Re: Using unpack for bits

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Hi th0ma5_anders0n,

if you must use unpack try these:

>>on Win32:
perl -e "printf('%04g',unpack("B8",pack('c',6)))" # Ans: 0110

>>on Ubuntu
perl -e 'printf("%04g\n",unpack("B8",pack("c",6)))' # Ans: 0110

regards.
Timothy

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