In terms of a definition, do the first four paragraphs here answer your question?
https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/perl-cookbook-2nd/0596003137/ch01.html When you say you're trying to use "binary strings", what do you mean by that? https://perldoc.perl.org/perlnumber.html For example, noting that print 4; and print 0b100; both output 4, would you refer to 0b100 as a binary string? On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 5:51 PM hwilmer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > since I'm trying to use "binary strings", the question comes up if there > is a definition of what is a string in perl, and what is it? > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > http://learn.perl.org/ > > > -- Andrew Solomon Director P: +44 7931 946 062 E: [email protected]
