Harsh lessons in binaryDecode

[Jim Lyons]

On May 27, 2006, at 8:33 AM, Alex Tweedly wrote:

> I was trying to use binaryDecode to get some data out of a string; the 
> format is simple
> - 4 digit number
> - a space
> - 4 digit number
> - a space
> - 12 digit number
> ...
>
> I decided to have a go at using binaryDecode (thanks to Jim Ault for 
> suggesting this), because it would be a single statement and 
> potentially faster (the real case has more variables and decoding to 
> do)
>  get binaryDecode("a4xa4xa12", lV, tVal1, tVal2, tVal3)
>
> i.e. put 4 chars into the first variable, skip one char, 4 chars into 
> next var, skip, 12 chars into next var.

Alex,
Sorry about the crash ;^)  but shouldn't that be "a4x1a4x1a12" ? (Note 
the ones after the x's)

Jim Lyons