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HiPack

This is a copy of PHP's pack/unpack function made into a nodejs module.
Its a 100% clone with an additional options.

* A new feature where we can populate an existing Buffer is now there, so
* the caller can
worry about Buffer management. Simply make the first parameter a buffer

* Also we can supply an array of values, rather than arguments, so the 2nd
* parameter is an array.
ie. pack( "VV", [ 23,55 ] );

* Added a Perl style format that was missing, which is format character "V"
* and "v"



## Install

To install HiPack, use [npm](http://github.com/rauls/nodejs-pack)

    $ npm install hipack

## Packing Bytes Test
    
To test packing bytes, run
	 $ node test/test.js
    $ node test/speedtest.js
    $ node example/packit.js CCCC 25 26 27 27
    
To use in code,
	var pack = require( 'hipack' ).pack;
	var buffer = pack( "CCCV", [ 1,2,3, 12345679 ] );