Re: issue with struct.unpack

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Subject	Re: issue with struct.unpack
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On Saturday, 25 August 2012 20:16:54 UTC+1, MRAB  wrote:
> On 25/08/2012 19:34, 9bizy wrote:
> 
> > I am trying to unpack values from sensor data I am retrieving through
> 
> > a serial cable, but I get errors while using struct.unpack, how can I
> 
> > use struct.unpack to unload the data in a readable format?
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> >
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> > I checked the python documentation for struct and I can seen to find
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> > any argument for this.
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> >
> 
> > I have data = struct.unpack('char',data) but I still get errors
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> >
> 
> The format strings are described here for Python 3:
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>      http://docs.python.org/3.2/library/struct.html
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> and here for Python 2:
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>      http://docs.python.org/2.7/library/struct.html

I used this documents but they do not explain or provide an example on how to use struct.unpack for sensor data from an external source or even data from a excel sheet.

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issue with struct.unpack 9bizy <a.m.akingbulu-11@student.lboro.ac.uk> - 2012-08-25 11:34 -0700
  Re: issue with struct.unpack Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-08-25 20:12 +0100
  Re: issue with struct.unpack MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-08-25 20:16 +0100
    Re: issue with struct.unpack 9bizy <a.m.akingbulu-11@student.lboro.ac.uk> - 2012-08-28 15:35 -0700
      Re: issue with struct.unpack MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-08-28 23:53 +0100
      Re: issue with struct.unpack Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-08-28 22:40 -0400
    Re: issue with struct.unpack 9bizy <a.m.akingbulu-11@student.lboro.ac.uk> - 2012-08-28 15:35 -0700
  Re: issue with struct.unpack Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-08-25 19:31 -0400
    Re: issue with struct.unpack Alexander Blinne <news@blinne.net> - 2012-08-26 14:53 +0200
  Re: issue with struct.unpack MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-08-28 23:49 +0100
    Re: issue with struct.unpack 9bizy <a.m.akingbulu-11@student.lboro.ac.uk> - 2012-08-28 16:01 -0700
    Re: issue with struct.unpack MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-08-29 00:36 +0100
      Re: issue with struct.unpack 9bizy <a.m.akingbulu-11@student.lboro.ac.uk> - 2012-08-28 16:55 -0700
      Re: issue with struct.unpack 9bizy <a.m.akingbulu-11@student.lboro.ac.uk> - 2012-08-28 16:55 -0700
  Re: issue with struct.unpack Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-08-28 22:31 -0400

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