Re: Manipulating bitsets in struct
On Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:04:24 -0400, Allen wrote: > I'm using Python to do some simple network programming, and found the > struct module very useful for such things, but is there a way to easily > manipulate bitsets such as a 16 bit word being split into 4 parts like 2 > bits, 1 bit, 4 bits, and 9 bits? > > Perhaps something like: > > struct.pack('!h(2:1:4:9)',2,0,1,100) Take a look at Construct_ instead of `struct`. .. _Construct: http://construct.wikispaces.com/ Ciao, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Manipulating bitsets in struct
Allen wrote: I'm using Python to do some simple network programming, and found the struct module very useful for such things, but is there a way to easily manipulate bitsets such as a 16 bit word being split into 4 parts like 2 bits, 1 bit, 4 bits, and 9 bits? Perhaps something like: struct.pack('!h(2:1:4:9)',2,0,1,100) Brian Vanderburg II Just 'or' them together after shifting to the left the appropriate number of bits. -Larry -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list