bread

Synopsis

@ bread([$handle], 'format')

reads data from $handle. Returned as a scalar array with types specified by the format string

Parameters

$handle - a handle to read the data in from (defaults to stdin)

'format' - a string describing the number of packed values and their types.

8.3 Binary I/O - summary of pack/unpack template characters

Returns

a scalar array with data reconstituded from the byte string

Side Effects / Notes

consumes bytes from the specified handle

Examples

# pack/unpack templates are basically C struct definitions. # the sizeof operator is meant to provide the size of a chunk of data. $format = 'Z8 Z8 Z16 I'; println(sizeof($format) . " bytes");

ttyp4 raffi Fri, 2 May 2008 00:26:45 -0400