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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi...!!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can, anybody explane me the output format of
term_to_binary & the logic inside it ??</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What is the <FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Erlang </FONT></FONT>binary data object & <FONT face=Arial
size=2>Erlang external term format ?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>NOTE:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If this is already described in someware in your
documentation kindly help me to find ....</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ex1:</FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">70> term_to_binary(255).</P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><<131,97,255>> ---
What is <<131,97...??</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">71> term_to_binary(256).</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><<131,98,0,0,1,0>>
--- Why this change from 97 to 98 <<131,98</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2>72>
term_to_binary(257).<BR><<131,98,0,0,1,1>>
---<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> . Also <<131,98,0,0, what means
from 0.0</FONT><BR>73> term_to_binary(258).
<BR><<131,98,0,0,1,2>></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Ex2:</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">58> term_to_binary(2).</P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><<131,97,2>> ---
<<131,97 -- may be 2 places to discribe the integer type</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">59> term_to_binary(a).<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><<131,100,0,1,97>>
--- <<131,100,0 -- anyhow why this becoms 3 places to discribe a
atom.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2>60>
term_to_binary(aa).<BR><<131,100,0,2,97,97>> ----- What actually
means <<131,100,0 ???</FONT></P>
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size=2></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Ex3:</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Also see
the difference in List & Tuple</FONT></P><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>61> term_to_binary([1,2,3]).</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><<131,107,0,3,1,2,3>> --- 107 is for Lists
???</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>62> term_to_binary({1,2,3}). </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><<131,104,3,97,1,97,2,97,3>> --- 104 is for Tuples
???</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>63> term_to_binary({{1,2,3},1}).</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><<131,104,2,104,3,97,1,97,2,97,3,97,1>> ---
<<131,104,2, - 2 means number of eliments in a tuple is it ??? so 131 is
for ???</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Where is the actual location
discribe this all Erlang binary types ?</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Regards,</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Need some help !!!</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Sanjaya</FONT></P></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>