[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ok, i am stuck again. > > from the docs, the byte stream is supposed to look like this: > > 'S' 'T' 'X' [length indicator] [message type] [message] 'E' 'N' 'X' > > the length indicator it says is a four byte integer number of a value N > ( N would be how long the message body is ) > > the message type comes from a table in the docs. In my case, the > message type is 200. This is also supposed to be sent as a 4 byte > value. > > so..... how do i make 200 occupy 4 bytes ? >
You use the struct module and make sure you specify the correct "endianness" - bet you didn't bargain for all this when you started! regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC www.holdenweb.com PyCon TX 2006 www.python.org/pycon/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
