Hi,
Among other data, a binary file contains the bytes "00A5".
I am trying to read these four bytes and get the decimal equivalent as
follows:
..
$buf;
$hex_val;
$dec_val;
read(FD, $buf, 4); #### $buf -> "00A5"
$hex_val = unpack("H*", $buf);
$dec_val = hex($hex_val);
...
Is there a way in which I can avoid the usage of unpack and directly get
the decimal value?
Also, "H" is for bigendian systems and "h" is for littleendian systems.
This is another reason why i want to avoid unpacking.
Thanks.
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