RE: Multiple file reading

[BigJoe]

Sounds like you want to do a binary combine. If this is the case try using "xor, or, and" operators. Like this

my $a = 10101010
my $b = 10000000

my $XorComb = $a xor $b
my $orComb = $a or $b
my $AndComb = $a and $b

I have never done this with perl (only in Assembly & C) I think you may have to either declare the varibles as binary or make do the compares in binary.

--BigJoe

Update use the operators ar0n said "For binary operations use &, | and ^." instead."

[ar0n]

The operators 'and', 'or', and 'xor' are logical operators.
They will not work in this context (at least not the way
you want them to).

They are equal to &&, || and (!$a != !$b), respectively.

For binary operations use &, | and ^.

-- ar0n