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:mod:`struct` --- Interpret bytes as packed binary data
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.. module:: struct
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:synopsis: Interpret bytes as packed binary data.
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**Source code:** :source:`Lib/struct.py`
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.. index::
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pair: C; structures
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triple: packing; binary; data
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--------------
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This module converts between Python values and C structs represented
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as Python :class:`bytes` objects. Compact :ref:`format strings <struct-format-strings>`
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describe the intended conversions to/from Python values.
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The module's functions and objects can be used for two largely
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distinct applications, data exchange with external sources (files or
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network connections), or data transfer between the Python application
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and the C layer.
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.. note::
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When no prefix character is given, native mode is the default. It
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packs or unpacks data based on the platform and compiler on which
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the Python interpreter was built.
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The result of packing a given C struct includes pad bytes which
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maintain proper alignment for the C types involved; similarly,
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alignment is taken into account when unpacking. In contrast, when
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communicating data between external sources, the programmer is
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responsible for defining byte ordering and padding between elements.
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See :ref:`struct-alignment` for details.
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Several :mod:`struct` functions (and methods of :class:`Struct`) take a *buffer*
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argument. This refers to objects that implement the :ref:`bufferobjects` and
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provide either a readable or read-writable buffer. The most common types used
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for that purpose are :class:`bytes` and :class:`bytearray`, but many other types
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that can be viewed as an array of bytes implement the buffer protocol, so that
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they can be read/filled without additional copying from a :class:`bytes` object.
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Functions and Exceptions
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------------------------
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The module defines the following exception and functions:
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.. exception:: error
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Exception raised on various occasions; argument is a string describing what
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is wrong.
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.. function:: pack(format, v1, v2, ...)
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Return a bytes object containing the values *v1*, *v2*, ... packed according
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to the format string *format*. The arguments must match the values required by
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the format exactly.
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.. function:: pack_into(format, buffer, offset, v1, v2, ...)
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Pack the values *v1*, *v2*, ... according to the format string *format* and
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write the packed bytes into the writable buffer *buffer* starting at
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position *offset*. Note that *offset* is a required argument.
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.. function:: unpack(format, buffer)
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Unpack from the buffer *buffer* (presumably packed by ``pack(format, ...)``)
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according to the format string *format*. The result is a tuple even if it
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contains exactly one item. The buffer's size in bytes must match the
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size required by the format, as reflected by :func:`calcsize`.
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.. function:: unpack_from(format, /, buffer, offset=0)
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Unpack from *buffer* starting at position *offset*, according to the format
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string *format*. The result is a tuple even if it contains exactly one
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item. The buffer's size in bytes, starting at position *offset*, must be at
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least the size required by the format, as reflected by :func:`calcsize`.
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.. function:: iter_unpack(format, buffer)
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Iteratively unpack from the buffer *buffer* according to the format
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string *format*. This function returns an iterator which will read
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equally sized chunks from the buffer until all its contents have been
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consumed. The buffer's size in bytes must be a multiple of the size
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required by the format, as reflected by :func:`calcsize`.
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Each iteration yields a tuple as specified by the format string.
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.. versionadded:: 3.4
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.. function:: calcsize(format)
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Return the size of the struct (and hence of the bytes object produced by
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``pack(format, ...)``) corresponding to the format string *format*.
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.. _struct-format-strings:
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Format Strings
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--------------
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Format strings describe the data layout when
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packing and unpacking data. They are built up from :ref:`format characters<format-characters>`,
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which specify the type of data being packed/unpacked. In addition,
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special characters control the :ref:`byte order, size and alignment<struct-alignment>`.
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Each format string consists of an optional prefix character which
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describes the overall properties of the data and one or more format
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characters which describe the actual data values and padding.
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.. _struct-alignment:
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Byte Order, Size, and Alignment
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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By default, C types are represented in the machine's native format and byte
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order, and properly aligned by skipping pad bytes if necessary (according to the
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rules used by the C compiler).
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This behavior is chosen so
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that the bytes of a packed struct correspond exactly to the memory layout
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of the corresponding C struct.
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Whether to use native byte ordering
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and padding or standard formats depends on the application.
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.. index::
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single: @ (at); in struct format strings
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single: = (equals); in struct format strings
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single: < (less); in struct format strings
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single: > (greater); in struct format strings
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single: ! (exclamation); in struct format strings
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Alternatively, the first character of the format string can be used to indicate
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the byte order, size and alignment of the packed data, according to the
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following table:
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+-----------+------------------------+----------+-----------+
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| Character | Byte order | Size | Alignment |
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+===========+========================+==========+===========+
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| ``@`` | native | native | native |
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+-----------+------------------------+----------+-----------+
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| ``=`` | native | standard | none |
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+-----------+------------------------+----------+-----------+
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| ``<`` | little-endian | standard | none |
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+-----------+------------------------+----------+-----------+
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| ``>`` | big-endian | standard | none |
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+-----------+------------------------+----------+-----------+
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| ``!`` | network (= big-endian) | standard | none |
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+-----------+------------------------+----------+-----------+
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If the first character is not one of these, ``'@'`` is assumed.
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Native byte order is big-endian or little-endian, depending on the
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host system. For example, Intel x86, AMD64 (x86-64), and Apple M1 are
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little-endian; IBM z and many legacy architectures are big-endian.
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Use :data:`sys.byteorder` to check the endianness of your system.
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Native size and alignment are determined using the C compiler's
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``sizeof`` expression. This is always combined with native byte order.
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Standard size depends only on the format character; see the table in
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the :ref:`format-characters` section.
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Note the difference between ``'@'`` and ``'='``: both use native byte order, but
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the size and alignment of the latter is standardized.
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The form ``'!'`` represents the network byte order which is always big-endian
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as defined in `IETF RFC 1700 <IETF RFC 1700_>`_.
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There is no way to indicate non-native byte order (force byte-swapping); use the
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appropriate choice of ``'<'`` or ``'>'``.
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Notes:
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(1) Padding is only automatically added between successive structure members.
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No padding is added at the beginning or the end of the encoded struct.
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(2) No padding is added when using non-native size and alignment, e.g.
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with '<', '>', '=', and '!'.
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(3) To align the end of a structure to the alignment requirement of a
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particular type, end the format with the code for that type with a repeat
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count of zero. See :ref:`struct-examples`.
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.. _format-characters:
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Format Characters
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Format characters have the following meaning; the conversion between C and
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Python values should be obvious given their types. The 'Standard size' column
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refers to the size of the packed value in bytes when using standard size; that
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is, when the format string starts with one of ``'<'``, ``'>'``, ``'!'`` or
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``'='``. When using native size, the size of the packed value is
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platform-dependent.
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+--------+--------------------------+--------------------+----------------+------------+
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| Format | C Type | Python type | Standard size | Notes |
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+========+==========================+====================+================+============+
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| ``x`` | pad byte | no value | | \(7) |
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+--------+--------------------------+--------------------+----------------+------------+
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| ``c`` | :c:expr:`char` | bytes of length 1 | 1 | |
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+--------+--------------------------+--------------------+----------------+------------+
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| ``b`` | :c:expr:`signed char` | integer | 1 | \(1), \(2) |
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+--------+--------------------------+--------------------+----------------+------------+
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| ``B`` | :c:expr:`unsigned char` | integer | 1 | \(2) |
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+--------+--------------------------+--------------------+----------------+------------+
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| ``?`` | :c:expr:`_Bool` | bool | 1 | \(1) |
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+--------+--------------------------+--------------------+----------------+------------+
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| ``h`` | :c:expr:`short` | integer | 2 | \(2) |
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+--------+--------------------------+--------------------+----------------+------------+
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| ``H`` | :c:expr:`unsigned short` | integer | 2 | \(2) |
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+--------+--------------------------+--------------------+----------------+------------+
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| ``i`` | :c:expr:`int` | integer | 4 | \(2) |
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+--------+--------------------------+--------------------+----------------+------------+
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| ``I`` | :c:expr:`unsigned int` | integer | 4 | \(2) |
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+--------+--------------------------+--------------------+----------------+------------+
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| ``l`` | :c:expr:`long` | integer | 4 | \(2) |
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+--------+--------------------------+--------------------+----------------+------------+
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| ``L`` | :c:expr:`unsigned long` | integer | 4 | \(2) |
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+--------+--------------------------+--------------------+----------------+------------+
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| ``q`` | :c:expr:`long long` | integer | 8 | \(2) |
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+--------+--------------------------+--------------------+----------------+------------+
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| ``Q`` | :c:expr:`unsigned long | integer | 8 | \(2) |
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| | long` | | | |
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+--------+--------------------------+--------------------+----------------+------------+
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| ``n`` | :c:expr:`ssize_t` | integer | | \(3) |
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+--------+--------------------------+--------------------+----------------+------------+
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| ``N`` | :c:expr:`size_t` | integer | | \(3) |
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+--------+--------------------------+--------------------+----------------+------------+
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| ``e`` | \(6) | float | 2 | \(4) |
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+--------+--------------------------+--------------------+----------------+------------+
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| ``f`` | :c:expr:`float` | float | 4 | \(4) |
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+--------+--------------------------+--------------------+----------------+------------+
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| ``d`` | :c:expr:`double` | float | 8 | \(4) |
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+--------+--------------------------+--------------------+----------------+------------+
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| ``s`` | :c:expr:`char[]` | bytes | | \(9) |
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+--------+--------------------------+--------------------+----------------+------------+
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| ``p`` | :c:expr:`char[]` | bytes | | \(8) |
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+--------+--------------------------+--------------------+----------------+------------+
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| ``P`` | :c:expr:`void \*` | integer | | \(5) |
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+--------+--------------------------+--------------------+----------------+------------+
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.. versionchanged:: 3.3
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Added support for the ``'n'`` and ``'N'`` formats.
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.. versionchanged:: 3.6
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Added support for the ``'e'`` format.
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Notes:
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(1)
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.. index:: single: ? (question mark); in struct format strings
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The ``'?'`` conversion code corresponds to the :c:expr:`_Bool` type defined by
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C99. If this type is not available, it is simulated using a :c:expr:`char`. In
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standard mode, it is always represented by one byte.
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(2)
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When attempting to pack a non-integer using any of the integer conversion
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codes, if the non-integer has a :meth:`__index__` method then that method is
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called to convert the argument to an integer before packing.
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.. versionchanged:: 3.2
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Added use of the :meth:`__index__` method for non-integers.
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(3)
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The ``'n'`` and ``'N'`` conversion codes are only available for the native
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size (selected as the default or with the ``'@'`` byte order character).
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For the standard size, you can use whichever of the other integer formats
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fits your application.
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(4)
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For the ``'f'``, ``'d'`` and ``'e'`` conversion codes, the packed
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representation uses the IEEE 754 binary32, binary64 or binary16 format (for
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``'f'``, ``'d'`` or ``'e'`` respectively), regardless of the floating-point
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format used by the platform.
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(5)
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The ``'P'`` format character is only available for the native byte ordering
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(selected as the default or with the ``'@'`` byte order character). The byte
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order character ``'='`` chooses to use little- or big-endian ordering based
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on the host system. The struct module does not interpret this as native
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ordering, so the ``'P'`` format is not available.
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(6)
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The IEEE 754 binary16 "half precision" type was introduced in the 2008
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revision of the `IEEE 754 standard <ieee 754 standard_>`_. It has a sign
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bit, a 5-bit exponent and 11-bit precision (with 10 bits explicitly stored),
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and can represent numbers between approximately ``6.1e-05`` and ``6.5e+04``
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at full precision. This type is not widely supported by C compilers: on a
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typical machine, an unsigned short can be used for storage, but not for math
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operations. See the Wikipedia page on the `half-precision floating-point
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format <half precision format_>`_ for more information.
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(7)
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When packing, ``'x'`` inserts one NUL byte.
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(8)
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The ``'p'`` format character encodes a "Pascal string", meaning a short
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variable-length string stored in a *fixed number of bytes*, given by the count.
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The first byte stored is the length of the string, or 255, whichever is
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smaller. The bytes of the string follow. If the string passed in to
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:func:`pack` is too long (longer than the count minus 1), only the leading
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``count-1`` bytes of the string are stored. If the string is shorter than
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``count-1``, it is padded with null bytes so that exactly count bytes in all
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are used. Note that for :func:`unpack`, the ``'p'`` format character consumes
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``count`` bytes, but that the string returned can never contain more than 255
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bytes.
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(9)
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For the ``'s'`` format character, the count is interpreted as the length of the
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bytes, not a repeat count like for the other format characters; for example,
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``'10s'`` means a single 10-byte string mapping to or from a single
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Python byte string, while ``'10c'`` means 10
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separate one byte character elements (e.g., ``cccccccccc``) mapping
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to or from ten different Python byte objects. (See :ref:`struct-examples`
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for a concrete demonstration of the difference.)
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If a count is not given, it defaults to 1. For packing, the string is
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truncated or padded with null bytes as appropriate to make it fit. For
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unpacking, the resulting bytes object always has exactly the specified number
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of bytes. As a special case, ``'0s'`` means a single, empty string (while
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``'0c'`` means 0 characters).
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A format character may be preceded by an integral repeat count. For example,
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the format string ``'4h'`` means exactly the same as ``'hhhh'``.
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Whitespace characters between formats are ignored; a count and its format must
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not contain whitespace though.
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When packing a value ``x`` using one of the integer formats (``'b'``,
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``'B'``, ``'h'``, ``'H'``, ``'i'``, ``'I'``, ``'l'``, ``'L'``,
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``'q'``, ``'Q'``), if ``x`` is outside the valid range for that format
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then :exc:`struct.error` is raised.
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.. versionchanged:: 3.1
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Previously, some of the integer formats wrapped out-of-range values and
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raised :exc:`DeprecationWarning` instead of :exc:`struct.error`.
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.. index:: single: ? (question mark); in struct format strings
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For the ``'?'`` format character, the return value is either :const:`True` or
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:const:`False`. When packing, the truth value of the argument object is used.
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Either 0 or 1 in the native or standard bool representation will be packed, and
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any non-zero value will be ``True`` when unpacking.
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.. _struct-examples:
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Examples
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^^^^^^^^
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.. note::
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Native byte order examples (designated by the ``'@'`` format prefix or
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lack of any prefix character) may not match what the reader's
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machine produces as
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that depends on the platform and compiler.
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Pack and unpack integers of three different sizes, using big endian
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ordering::
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>>> from struct import *
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>>> pack(">bhl", 1, 2, 3)
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b'\x01\x00\x02\x00\x00\x00\x03'
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>>> unpack('>bhl', b'\x01\x00\x02\x00\x00\x00\x03'
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(1, 2, 3)
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>>> calcsize('>bhl')
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7
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Attempt to pack an integer which is too large for the defined field::
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>>> pack(">h", 99999)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
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File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
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struct.error: 'h' format requires -32768 <= number <= 32767
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Demonstrate the difference between ``'s'`` and ``'c'`` format
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characters::
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>>> pack("@ccc", b'1', b'2', b'3')
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b'123'
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>>> pack("@3s", b'123')
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b'123'
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Unpacked fields can be named by assigning them to variables or by wrapping
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the result in a named tuple::
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>>> record = b'raymond \x32\x12\x08\x01\x08'
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>>> name, serialnum, school, gradelevel = unpack('<10sHHb', record)
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>>> from collections import namedtuple
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>>> Student = namedtuple('Student', 'name serialnum school gradelevel')
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>>> Student._make(unpack('<10sHHb', record))
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Student(name=b'raymond ', serialnum=4658, school=264, gradelevel=8)
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The ordering of format characters may have an impact on size in native
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mode since padding is implicit. In standard mode, the user is
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responsible for inserting any desired padding.
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Note in
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the first ``pack`` call below that three NUL bytes were added after the
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packed ``'#'`` to align the following integer on a four-byte boundary.
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In this example, the output was produced on a little endian machine::
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>>> pack('@ci', b'#', 0x12131415)
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b'#\x00\x00\x00\x15\x14\x13\x12'
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>>> pack('@ic', 0x12131415, b'#')
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b'\x15\x14\x13\x12#'
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>>> calcsize('@ci')
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8
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>>> calcsize('@ic')
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5
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The following format ``'llh0l'`` results in two pad bytes being added
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at the end, assuming the platform's longs are aligned on 4-byte boundaries::
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>>> pack('@llh0l', 1, 2, 3)
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b'\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x03\x00\x00'
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.. seealso::
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Module :mod:`array`
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Packed binary storage of homogeneous data.
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Module :mod:`json`
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JSON encoder and decoder.
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Module :mod:`pickle`
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Python object serialization.
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.. _applications:
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Applications
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------------
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Two main applications for the :mod:`struct` module exist, data
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interchange between Python and C code within an application or another
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application compiled using the same compiler (:ref:`native formats<struct-native-formats>`), and
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data interchange between applications using agreed upon data layout
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(:ref:`standard formats<struct-standard-formats>`). Generally speaking, the format strings
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constructed for these two domains are distinct.
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.. _struct-native-formats:
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Native Formats
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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When constructing format strings which mimic native layouts, the
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compiler and machine architecture determine byte ordering and padding.
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In such cases, the ``@`` format character should be used to specify
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native byte ordering and data sizes. Internal pad bytes are normally inserted
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automatically. It is possible that a zero-repeat format code will be
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needed at the end of a format string to round up to the correct
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byte boundary for proper alignment of consective chunks of data.
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Consider these two simple examples (on a 64-bit, little-endian
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machine)::
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>>> calcsize('@lhl')
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24
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>>> calcsize('@llh')
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18
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Data is not padded to an 8-byte boundary at the end of the second
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format string without the use of extra padding. A zero-repeat format
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code solves that problem::
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>>> calcsize('@llh0l')
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24
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The ``'x'`` format code can be used to specify the repeat, but for
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native formats it is better to use a zero-repeat format like ``'0l'``.
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By default, native byte ordering and alignment is used, but it is
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better to be explicit and use the ``'@'`` prefix character.
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.. _struct-standard-formats:
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Standard Formats
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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When exchanging data beyond your process such as networking or storage,
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be precise. Specify the exact byte order, size, and alignment. Do
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not assume they match the native order of a particular machine.
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For example, network byte order is big-endian, while many popular CPUs
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are little-endian. By defining this explicitly, the user need not
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care about the specifics of the platform their code is running on.
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The first character should typically be ``<`` or ``>``
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(or ``!``). Padding is the responsibility of the programmer. The
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zero-repeat format character won't work. Instead, the user must
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explicitly add ``'x'`` pad bytes where needed. Revisiting the
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examples from the previous section, we have::
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>>> calcsize('<qh6xq')
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24
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>>> pack('<qh6xq', 1, 2, 3) == pack('@lhl', 1, 2, 3)
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True
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>>> calcsize('@llh')
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18
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>>> pack('@llh', 1, 2, 3) == pack('<qqh', 1, 2, 3)
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True
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>>> calcsize('<qqh6x')
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24
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>>> calcsize('@llh0l')
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24
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>>> pack('@llh0l', 1, 2, 3) == pack('<qqh6x', 1, 2, 3)
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True
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The above results (executed on a 64-bit machine) aren't guaranteed to
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match when executed on different machines. For example, the examples
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below were executed on a 32-bit machine::
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>>> calcsize('<qqh6x')
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24
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>>> calcsize('@llh0l')
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12
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>>> pack('@llh0l', 1, 2, 3) == pack('<qqh6x', 1, 2, 3)
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False
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.. _struct-objects:
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Classes
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-------
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The :mod:`struct` module also defines the following type:
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.. class:: Struct(format)
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Return a new Struct object which writes and reads binary data according to
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the format string *format*. Creating a ``Struct`` object once and calling its
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methods is more efficient than calling module-level functions with the
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same format since the format string is only compiled once.
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.. note::
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The compiled versions of the most recent format strings passed to
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:class:`Struct` and the module-level functions are cached, so programs
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that use only a few format strings needn't worry about reusing a single
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:class:`Struct` instance.
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Compiled Struct objects support the following methods and attributes:
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.. method:: pack(v1, v2, ...)
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Identical to the :func:`pack` function, using the compiled format.
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(``len(result)`` will equal :attr:`size`.)
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.. method:: pack_into(buffer, offset, v1, v2, ...)
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Identical to the :func:`pack_into` function, using the compiled format.
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.. method:: unpack(buffer)
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Identical to the :func:`unpack` function, using the compiled format.
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The buffer's size in bytes must equal :attr:`size`.
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.. method:: unpack_from(buffer, offset=0)
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Identical to the :func:`unpack_from` function, using the compiled format.
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The buffer's size in bytes, starting at position *offset*, must be at least
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:attr:`size`.
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.. method:: iter_unpack(buffer)
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Identical to the :func:`iter_unpack` function, using the compiled format.
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The buffer's size in bytes must be a multiple of :attr:`size`.
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.. versionadded:: 3.4
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.. attribute:: format
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The format string used to construct this Struct object.
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.. versionchanged:: 3.7
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The format string type is now :class:`str` instead of :class:`bytes`.
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.. attribute:: size
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|
The calculated size of the struct (and hence of the bytes object produced
|
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by the :meth:`pack` method) corresponding to :attr:`format`.
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.. _half precision format: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-precision_floating-point_format
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.. _ieee 754 standard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754-2008_revision
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.. _IETF RFC 1700: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1700
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