hex to bin 16 bit word

[Ian Kelly]

On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Paul Rubin <no.email at nospam.invalid> wrote:
> python <w.g.sneddon at gmail.com> writes:
>> What to decode hex '0xC0A8'  and return signed short int.
>
> Is this right?
>
>    n = int('0xC0A8', 16)
>    if n >= 0xffff:
>       n -= 0x10000

No.

n = int('0xC0A8', 16)
if n >= 0x8000:
    n -= 0x10000