a 32 bit number to integer

[Dave Hansen]

On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 13:23:05 -0300 in comp.lang.python, Ricardo
Quesada <lists at core-sdi.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>  In python 2.0, this number was an integer:
>    0x88776655
>
>  but in python 2.4 it is a long (every number > 0x7fffffff it is a long)
>
>in python 2.4, is there a way to convert that number to a integer 
>(notice that it only occupies 32 bits) ?

Well, the sign bit's gonna be set no matter what.  But the following
might work for you...

>>> def short(x):
	return int(0x80000000 - x)


>>> x = short(0x88776655)
>>> x
-142042709
>>> "%x"%x
'-8776655'
>>> 

Regards,
                                        -=Dave

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