write unsigned integer 32 bits to socket

[rkmr.em at gmail.com]

On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 7:01 PM, Larry Bates <larry.bates at websafe.com`> wrote:
> rkmr.em at gmail.com wrote:
>> 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?!
> 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)

thanks a lot!!!

just to make sure if I want 32 bit or 4 bytes then should I use the
short or integer or long?

this is short
>>> struct.pack('!h',3)
'\x00\x03'

this is integer
>>> struct.pack('!i',3)
'\x00\x00\x00\x03'

this is long
>>> struct.pack('!l',3)
'\x00\x00\x00\x03'