unpack
- unpack(format, buffer)
Return a tuple containing values unpacked according to the format string. The buffer's size in bytes must be calcsize(format). See help(struct) for more on format strings.
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1 Example
>>> record = b'raymond \x32\x12\x08\x01\x08' >>> name, serialnum, school, gradelevel = unpack('<10sHHb', record) >>> from collections import namedtuple >>> Student = namedtuple('Student', 'name serialnum school gradelevel') >>> Student._make(unpack('<10sHHb', record)) Student(name=b'raymond ', serialnum=4658, school=264, gradelevel=8)
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