On 2007-05-24, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> You should really use the struct module for that type of conversion, but >> you also need to know that indexing of lists and tuples starts at 0, not 1. > > indeed, i used to have temp = unpack('h', tBuf[1,3])
Which probably should have been temp = unpack('h', tBuf[1:3])[0] But that still doesn't do the same thing as your example which only used 7 bits from each byte. > but it was a hack (and as such a bit off ;) as i was having > troubles casting Python doesn't have "casting". -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! A can of ASPARAGUS, at 73 pigeons, some LIVE ammo, visi.com and a FROZEN DAQUIRI!! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list