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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Mats,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm not sure if this is the correct way to do it,
but it works.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Try <EM>list_to_binary("123")</EM>.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And to decode it </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<EM>Binary=list_to_binary("123")</EM>,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <EM><<Bin:3/binary>>
= Binary,</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>
binary_to_list(Bin).</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></EM> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If there's a better way to do it, I would like
to know it too.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Sebastian-</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Mats Cronqvist" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:mats.cronqvist@ericsson.com"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>mats.cronqvist@ericsson.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: <</FONT><A
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 2:23
PM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: binary constructor</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>> so i read this in the reference manual <BR>> (</FONT><A
href="http://www.erlang.se/doc/doc-5.4/doc/reference_manual/part_frame.html"><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>http://www.erlang.se/doc/doc-5.4/doc/reference_manual/part_frame.html</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial size=2>);<BR>> <BR>> <<E1,...,En>><BR>> <BR>>
Ei = Value |<BR>> Value:Size |<BR>>
Value/TypeSpecifierList |<BR>>
Value:Size/TypeSpecifierList<BR>> <BR>>
used in a binary construction, Value is an expression which should evaluate to
<BR>> an integer, float or string. If the expression is something else than a
single <BR>> literal or variable, it should be enclosed in
parenthesis.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> this leads me to believe i
should be able to do this;<BR>> <BR>> A = "123",<BR>>
<<A>>.<BR>> <BR>> alas, i get a badarg.<BR>>
can somone please point out my mistake?<BR>> <BR>>
mats<BR>> </FONT></BODY></HTML>