none wrote: > i need to interface python with a bitpacked data file, > the structure recorded in the file is the following: > > struct { > var_1 4bit > var_2 6bit > var_3 2bit > var_3 4bit > }
Strange data types. What language is this? > how can read the struct and convert data into dictionary I'd use the module struct, with bit shifting operators to extract the bits. Regards, Björn -- BOFH excuse #232: Ionization from the air-conditioning -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list