Re: struct is saving 4 bytes instead of 2

On Sep 12, 6:45 pm, Bjoern Schliessmann wrote: > TonyB wrote: > > When I inspect the file with a hex editor it show that the > > variable is being saved as 4 bytes. How can I make it save the > > value as 2 bytes? > > Use an aligment specifier in the format

struct is saving 4 bytes instead of 2

Using UBUNTU python 2.4.3 I'm using struct to save a variable to a file. My goal is to save it as a 2 byte signed integer. Its being saved using: f.write(struct.pack('h',thevariable)) When I inspect the file with a hex editor it show that the variable is being saved as 4 bytes. How can I make