{"id":8404,"date":"2005-01-02T23:08:28","date_gmt":"2005-01-02T21:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/01\/02\/next-stage-of-perl-mastery-packunpack\/"},"modified":"2005-04-17T07:31:49","modified_gmt":"2005-04-17T04:31:49","slug":"next-stage-of-perl-mastery-packunpack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/01\/02\/next-stage-of-perl-mastery-packunpack\/","title":{"rendered":"Next stage of Perl mastery – pack()\/unpack()"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have seen many ways to measure someone’s Perl skills. Most of these ways are based on usage of certain Perl concepts. Today I have stepped on the next level according to some skill measurements. I have used the unpack<\/code> function very naturally, and without much hussle. Here is the snippet:<\/p>\n

#!\/usr\/bin\/perl -w\r\nuse strict;\r\nmy ($year, $month, $date, $hour, $min, $sec) = unpack(\"a4a2a2a2a2a2\", 20040102200534);\r\nprint \"$date\/$month\/$year $hour:$min:$sec\";\r\n<\/pre>\n
I could have done it before surely, but today it came to me naturally – without any thinking or manual reference.  I will have to expand and polish this skill now.  pack<\/code> and unpack<\/code> are very powerful functions and can simplify life a lot.  It’s time I start using them.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n
I have seen many ways to measure someone’s Perl skills. Most of these ways are based on usage of certain Perl concepts. Today I have stepped on the next level according to some skill measurements. I have used the unpack function very naturally, and without much hussle. Here is the snippet: #!\/usr\/bin\/perl -w use strict; … Continue reading Next stage of Perl mastery – pack()\/unpack()<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,18,62],"tags":[36],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-8404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-programming","category-technology","tag-perl"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t