trouble converting c++ bitshift to python equivalent

[nanodust]

hello all

i am relatively new to python, catching on, but getting stuck on
simple thing:

i have two string bytes i need to push into a single (short) int, like
so in c:

temp = strBuf[2];

temp = (temp<<7)+(strBuf[1]);

c code works, but having trouble getting python to perform same
function!

keep getting type & operator errors (i apparently can't bitshift on
str or int?)

curious what the best way is to do this, in python...

i'll stick w/ it & post when i sort it


meanwhile, any help greatly appreciated

 

[Grant Edwards]

hello all

i am relatively new to python, catching on, but getting stuck on
simple thing:

i have two string bytes i need to push into a single (short) int, like
so in c:

temp = strBuf[2];

temp = (temp<<7)+(strBuf[1]);

(ord(strBuf[2])<<7) + ord(strBuf[1])

 

[Steve Holden]

hello all

i am relatively new to python, catching on, but getting stuck on
simple thing:

i have two string bytes i need to push into a single (short) int, like
so in c:

temp = strBuf[2];

temp = (temp<<7)+(strBuf[1]);

c code works, but having trouble getting python to perform same
function!

keep getting type & operator errors (i apparently can't bitshift on
str or int?)

curious what the best way is to do this, in python...

i'll stick w/ it & post when i sort it


meanwhile, any help greatly appreciated

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.

For the specific case that you're discussing, you could convert each
character to its corresponding integer value and use shifting and adding
with those:

temp = (ord(strBuf[1]) << 8) + ord(strBuf[0])

Obviously if the byte order is wrong you would need to reverse the 0 and
1 elements.

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[nanodust]

(ord(strBuf[2])<<7) + ord(strBuf[1])


wow, thank you - works perfectly !

and much more elegant than what i was up to.

thanks again...

 

[nanodust]

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])

but it was a hack (and as such a bit off as i was having troubles
casting

not quite used to python yet, will get there...


thanks again !!

 

[Grant Edwards]

i have two string bytes i need to push into a single (short) int, like
so in c:

temp = strBuf[2];

temp = (temp<<7)+(strBuf[1]);

You should really use the struct module for that type of conversion,

The struct module doesn't know how to deal with the OP's case
where only 7 bits are used from each byte. OTOH, if the 7 was
a typo and he really wanted to shift by 8 bits, then struct is
an option.

but you also need to know that indexing of lists and tuples
starts at 0, not 1.

Ah yes. I wondered about that also, but I assumed what he
acutally had was a two-byte field in a longer string.

 

[Grant Edwards]

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".