Hi,
Can a 32 bit integer be written to a file in such a way that it is stored in
only 4 bytes ?
I thought that binmoding the filehandle might do this - but I'm finding
that a number such as 31554399 is consuming 8 bytes (one byte for each
digit), irrespective of whether the filehandle has been binmoded or not.
my $num = 31554399;
open (WRITE, ">test_file")
or die "Can't open WRITE: $!";
binmode WRITE; # or not
print WRITE $num;
close (WRITE)
or die "Can't close WRITE: $!";
Cheers,
Rob
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