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Re: ctypes: using .value or .value() doesn't work for c_long

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On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 1:48 PM, IronManMark20 <mr.smittye@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am using ctypes to call a few windll funcions. One of them returns a c_long object. I want to know what number the function returns.
>
> Problem is, when I try foo.value , it gives me this:
>
> AttributeError: LP_c_long object has no attribute value.
>
> Any idea of what could cause this?

The error message indicates that this is not actually a c_long object,
but an LP_c_long object; i.e., a pointer to a c_long. You can
dereference the pointer using the contents attribute:

>>> x = ctypes.c_long(42)
>>> px = ctypes.pointer(x)
>>> px
<__main__.LP_c_long object at 0x7fd0812d7950>
>>> px.contents
c_long(42)
>>> px.contents.value
42

See https://docs.python.org/3.4/library/ctypes.html#pointers for more
details on working with pointers in ctypes.

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ctypes: using .value or .value() doesn't work for c_long IronManMark20 <mr.smittye@gmail.com> - 2015-04-15 12:48 -0700
  Re: ctypes: using .value or .value() doesn't work for c_long Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-04-15 14:32 -0600
  Re: ctypes: using .value or .value() doesn't work for c_long Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2015-04-15 17:03 -0400
  Re: ctypes: using .value or .value() doesn't work for c_long ethansmithoakland@gmail.com - 2015-04-15 15:18 -0700

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