shawn bright wrote: > Hey there, > > this time my question is a bit simpler. > i can make a byte a string or number or whatever now. Up to the number > 255. > I now have a problem with something that comes in as a 4 byte > representation of > the number of seconds since 1970. > I have been using ord(byte) to make sense of the messages so far, but > i don't know how to add bytes greater than 255. > > the c program that sends us these defines the variable as an unsigned > long int. > > anyone know how to make these four bytes a number of seconds ? > if you used struct it'd be easier, but... do you know what order the bytes are in? if they're big-endian just ord each individually and then you'll have a 4 digit base 256 number convert this to base 10 so you can see what it is in regular integers and use the time module to convert. sorry I can't give more detail, I have to run, i'm late for class. -Luke > thanks > > sk > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor >
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