Reading unsigned byte

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I'm experiencing unexpected behavior when reading an byte.. as apposed
to PHP which is returning expected results.

this is how I'm reading the byte in ruby: int =
somedata.unpack('c').first

the result I'm getting in ruby is -127. In php I get 128. This is how I
read it in php:

int = ord(@this->raw_data($this->current_byte++]);

not sure how to go about debugging this..
thanks

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'c' extracts a signed integer. 'C' extracts an unsigned integer.

irb(main):002:0> "\x80".unpack('c').first
=> -128
irb(main):003:0> "\x80".unpack('C').first
=> 128

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On Mar 7, 9:44 am, warhero <beingthexemplaryli...@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm experiencing unexpected behavior when reading an byte.. as apposed
to PHP which is returning expected results.

this is how I'm reading the byte in ruby: int =
somedata.unpack('c').first

the result I'm getting in ruby is -127. In php I get 128. This is how I
read it in php:

int = ord(@this->raw_data($this->current_byte++]);

not sure how to go about debugging this..

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Dale Martenson wrote:

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On Mar 7, 9:44 am, warhero <beingthexemplaryli...@gmail.com> wrote:

not sure how to go about debugging this..

'c' extracts a signed integer. 'C' extracts an unsigned integer.

irb(main):002:0> "\x80".unpack('c').first
=> -128
irb(main):003:0> "\x80".unpack('C').first
=> 128

Ha, Duh, as soon as you posted this I caught that in the docs. Thanks.

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