hex array to array of 16 bit numbers?

[Bjorn Pettersen]

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piir at earthlink.net (Todd Gardner) wrote in
news:9b849915.0312250206.61d89841 at posting.google.com: 

> Hello everyone,
> 
> I would really appreciate some of your expertise or even just
> pointers.  How do I convert this hex array variable "buffer" to array
> of 16 bit numbers?
> 
>>>> 
>>>> from ctypes import *
>>>> buffer = c_buffer(8)
>>>> status = ni.DAQ_Op (deviceNumber, chan, gain, buffer, count,
> sampleRate)
>>>> print "repr(buffer.raw) =", repr(buffer.raw)
> 
> repr(buffer.raw)= '\xcd\x00\xce\x00\xce\x00\xce\x00'
>>>> 
> 
> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
> 
> Todd

First I think your missing the fact that the 'hex' values you're seing is 
simply an encoding of the byte value at that byte-index in the buffer, ie. 
your buffer starts with bytes containing the following values:

  [205] [0] [206] ...

besides that, you're looking for the struct module :-)

-- bjorn