structural module in python

This module converts between Python values ​​and C structures represented as Python byte objects. Format strings — it is a mechanism used to specify the expected layout when packing and unpacking data. The module structure is available in Python 3.x, not 2.x, so these codes will work in the Python3 interpreter.

Structural Functions

• struct.pack ()

    Syntax: struct.pack (format, v1, v2, ...)  

  Return a string containing the values ​​v1, v2, ... that are packed according to the given format (format strings — is the mechanism used to specify the expected layout when packing and unpacking data). The values ​​followed by the format must only match the format, otherwise the struct.error is promoted.

  import struct   # Format: h short in type C # Format: l long in type C # Format “hhl” means “short short long” var = struct.pack ( ’hhl’ , 1 , 2 , 3 ) print (var)  < / code>  # Format: I am int in type C # Format "iii" means "int int int" . var = struct.pack ( ’iii’ , 1 , 2 , 3 ) print (var)

  Output:

   b’x01x00x02x00x00x00x00x00x03x00x00x00x00x00x00x00’ b’x01x00x00x00x02x00x00x00x003’x00  

• struct.unpack ()

    Syntax: struct.unpack (fmt, string)  

  Return v1 values, v2, ..., which are unpacked according to the given format (1st argument). The values ​​returned by this function are returned as tuples of size equal to the number of values ​​passed through struct.pack () during packing.

  Output:

   b’x01x00x02x00x05x00x00x00xbdx01x00x00x00x00x00x00’ (True, 2, 5, 445) b’x05x00x00x00x00x00x00x0033x13 @ ’(5 / pre> 
   Note: "b" in the output means binary. 
    
    struct.calcsize ()  
    Syntax: struct. calcsize (fmt)   fmt:  form at 
   
   Return the size of the structure (and therefore the line) to match the given format. calcsize () is an important function and is required for functions like struct.pack_into () and struct.unpack_from (), which also require offset and buffer values. 
   
   
   
   
    
   

  import struct   # & # 39 ;? & # 39; -" _BOOL, & # 39; h & # 39; -" short, & # 39; i & # 39; -" int and & # 39; l & # 39; -" long var = struct.pack ( ’? hil’ , True , 2 , 5 , 445 ) print (var)    # struct.unpack () returns tuples # Variables V1, V2, V3, .. are returned as elements of a tuple tup = struct.unpack ( ’? hil’ , var) print (tup)    # q -" long long int and f -" float var = struct.pack ( ’qf’ , 5 , 2.3 ) print (var) tup = struct.unpack ( ’qf’ , var) print (tup)

  import struct var = struct.pack ( ’? hil’ , True , 2 , 5 , 445 ) print (var) # Returns the size of the structure print (struct.calcsize (  ’? hil’ )) print (struct.calcsize ( ’qf’ ))

  Output:

   b’x01x00x02x00x05x00x00x00xbdx01x00x00x00x00x00x00’ 16 12 

  import struct var = struct.pack ( ’bi’ , 56 , 0x12131415 ) print (var) print (struct.calcsize ( ’ bi’ )) var = struct. pack ( ’ib’ , 0x12131415 , 56 ) print (var) print ( struct.calcsize ( ’ib’ ))

  Output:

   b’8x00x00x00x15x14x13x12’ 8 b’x15x14x13x128’ 5 

  Note. The order of the format characters can affect the size.

• The struct.error exception
  The struct.error exception describes what is wrong with passing arguments when an invalid argument is passed struct.error.

  from struct import error print (error)

  Note. This piece of code is useless for anything other than exception handling and is used to demonstrate that a "error" when interpreted shows a class.

• struct.pack_into ()

    Syntax: struct.pack_into (fmt, buffer, offset, v1, v2, ...)  fmt:  data type format  buffer:  writable buffer which starts at offset (optional)  v1, v2 .. : values ​​

• struct.unpack_from ()

    Syntax: struct.unpack_from (fmt, buffer [, offset = 0])   fmt:  data type format  buffer:  writable buffer which starts at offset (optional ) 

  Returns a tuple similar to struct.unpack ()

  import struct   # ctypes in import to create a string buffer import ctypes   # Format SIZE is calculated using calcsize () siz = struct.calcsize ( ’hhl’ ) print (siz)   # Buffer & # 39; buff & # 39; created buff = ctypes.create_string_buffer ( siz)   # struct.pack () returns packed data # struct.unpack () returns unpacked data x = struct.pack ( ’hhl’ , 2 , 2 , 3 ) print (x) print (struct.unpack ( ’hhl’ , x))    # struct.pack_into () packs data into a buff, returns no value # struct.unpack_from () unpacks data from buff, returns a tuple of values ​​ struct.pack_into ( ’hhl’ , buff, 0 , 2 , 2 , 3 ) print (struct.unpack_from ( ’ hhl’ , buff, 0 ))

  Output:

   16 b’x02x00x02x00x00x00x00x00x03x00x00x00x00x00x00x00’ ( 2, 2, 3) (2, 2, 3) 

Link https://docs .python.org / 2 / library / struct.html
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