Re: Sending hex number as is
Op 2005-03-21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef [EMAIL PROTECTED]: This question may be ased before, but I couldn't find the answer searching the archive. Basically, I just want to send a hex number from one machine to the next: Hex numbers don't exist. You have just numbers. Those numbers can be represented in different ways, but that doesn't make it a different (kind of) number. for example msg = Length is n = '\x81' msg += n sock.send(msg) You are not sending a number, you are sending a string. What you seem to want is to represent this number in hexadecimal format on this machine within a string and send that string to an other machine. The problem is n's value is not fixed. For example, msg = Length is n = len(somestring) msg += n # This won't work of course, since n is int How do I send this msg + n? Use string formatting: msg = Length is 0x%x % n -- Antoon Pardon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Sending hex number as is
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This question may be ased before, but I couldn't find the answer searching the archive. Basically, I just want to send a hex number from one machine to the next: for example msg = Length is n = '\x81' msg += n sock.send(msg) The problem is n's value is not fixed. For example, msg = Length is n = len(somestring) msg += n # This won't work of course, since n is int How do I send this msg + n? Thanks, Khoa Just send the number as a string? (and parse it to an int again on the other side) Or investigate the struct and/or pickle modules. Alternatively, depending on the broader scope of what you are doing, investigate a proper IPC library such as Pyro. --Irmen -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Sending hex number as is
On 2005-03-21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: msg = Length is n = '\x81' msg += n sock.send(msg) The problem is n's value is not fixed. For example, msg = Length is n = len(somestring) msg += n # This won't work of course, since n is int How do I send this msg + n? n = 0x81 msg = Length is + chr(n) That only works for hex numbers than can be properly encoded as a character in the default encoding. See the struct module for a more general solution. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! There's a lot of BIG at MONEY in MISERY if you have visi.coman AGENT!! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Sending hex number as is
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Basically, I just want to send a hex number from one machine to the next: 'Hex number' is not completely clear. Do you want to send the number in binary form or in text form. Text form is much easier and more dependable, so should be prefered unless you have a good reason for binary. When sending a text string, you still have a choice between decimal and other representations. Again, decimal is easier and more dependable, and therefore prefered, unless the receiving end really demands otherwise. msg = 'The length is %s' % len(something) Terry J. Reedy -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
