write unsigned integer 32 bits to socket

Larry Bates larry.bates at websafe.com`
Sun Jul 27 22:01:05 EDT 2008


rkmr.em at gmail.com wrote:
> hi
> i want to send unsigned 32 bit integer to socket, and looking for
> something equivalent to this method...
> 
> http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/2/langref/flash/net/Socket.html#writeUnsignedInt()
> 
> is there such method / library available in python?!
> 
> 
> this is as far as i have gotten along
>>>> s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
>>>> s.connect(('127.0.0.1',3000))

You will need to use struct module to build the 4 byte value and then send it.

Something like (not tested):

import struct
us32bit = struct.pack("I", value)
s.send(us32bit)

-Larry



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