Hey thanks for all the help guys, i am at least pulling some values that make sense. i feel more like i am on my way.
thanks again shawn On 2/21/07, Alan Gauld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Kent Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > > This is also a good application of bitwise operations. > > > > a & 128 will be 128 if the high bit in a is set, 0 if it is not. > > Only for an 8 bit integer! Most integers nowadays are > 32 bit so you need to use 0x80000000 to get the msb! > > Alan G. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
