sorry , I meant to say ;):


sub pack2dec {

 my $packfield = shift;
 my $num = unpack('H*',$packfield);
 my $sign = 1;

if ( $num =~ /[Dd]/ ){
   $sign = -1;
}

$num =~ s/\D.*//g;

$num = $sign * $num;


return $num;

}

On Tue, 11 Jun 2002 12:15:36 -0400, Michael Abootorab <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>you are right ( as usual), the correct code follows.
>I just want to emphasize that if you are using this code on an
>INTEL based processor , beware of byte ordering ( low-endian) and
>also sign implementation.
>
>Thanks
>Michael
>
>
>
>sub pack2dec {
>
> my $packfield = shift;
> my $num = unpack('H*',$packfield);
> my $sign = 1;
>
>if ( $num =~ /[Ff]/ ){
>   $sign = -1;
>}
>
>$num =~ s/\D.*//g;
>
>$num = $sign * $num;
>
>
>return $num;
>
>}
>
>
>On Tue, 11 Jun 2002 04:16:55 -0500, Dennis Handly <[log in to unmask]>
>wrote:
>
>>Michael Abootorab ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>>: the following perl fuction will do the job on HP3000 and HP9000
>processors:
>>
>>Are you sure?
>>
>>: if ( $num =~ /[FD]/ ){
>>:    $sign = -1;
>>
>>If this is checking for hex F or hex D, it should only check for hex D.
>>Hex F is unsigned.
>>
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