> When I receive a 4-bytes integer using socket.recv, it is stored in > a > string. How to convert this string to a integer?
Look at the struct module. Its unpack method takes a format string which defines how the data should be interpreted. Have a look at the section at the end of my file handling topic for some info and examples of usage: Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web tutor http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor