jeez, i screwed up, i ment num = 600, not 6 thanks
On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Luke Paireepinart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, I'm not sure what you mean. > Given this number > > 100101010101101011 > > the operation will slice off bits on the left with the % 2**16 so that > we only have 16 bits, > 0101010101101011 > then it will shift this value to the right so that we only have the > highest 8 bits > 01010101 > that will be stored in high. > Then it will slice off the bits on the left with the 2**8 so that we > only have 8 bits left, > 01101011 > and that is your low value. > > On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 11:04 AM, shawn bright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> so using this, if num ==6, then i should get 2 and 88 ? >> thanks, just checking to make sure i get what you wrote. >> shawn >> >> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 11:00 AM, Luke Paireepinart >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: Luke Paireepinart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Date: Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 11:00 AM >>> Subject: Re: [Tutor] how to see a number as two bytes >>> To: shawn bright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>> >>> high, low = ((num % 2**16) >> 8, num % 2**8) or something thereabouts. >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 10:47 AM, shawn bright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> hey there all, >>>> i have a script that needs to send a number as two bytes. >>>> how would i be able to see a number expressed as a hi byte and a lo byte? >>>> >>>> thanks >>>> shawn >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Tutor maillist - [email protected] >>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Tutor maillist - [email protected] >>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor >>> >> > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
