How to Nest Structs?

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Try unpacking the nested struct as a fixed width string and then unpacking the string.  

Then unpack the string 

On Monday, March 4, 2013 10:22:07 AM UTC-8, Ari King wrote:
> Hi,
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> 
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> I'm trying to nest the "info_header", "info_body", and "info_trailer" structs (see below) into a "data_packet" struct. Does anyone know how I can/should accomplish this? Thanks.
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> batch_header_format = struct.Struct('!c2h')
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> info_header_format = struct.Struct('!2hl')
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> mkt_status_format = struct.Struct('!c')
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> info_trailer_format = struct.Struct('!hc')
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> mkt_session_codes = [b'PO',b'PC',b'CO',b'CC',b'CK',b'CL']
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> mkt_type = [b'N',b'S',b'O',b'A',b'C',b'G']
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> batch_header = batch_header_format.pack(b'1',1,1024)
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> total_size = info_header_format.size + mkt_status_format.size + info_trailer_format.size
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> 
> # Combine following into data struct.
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> info_header = info_header_format.pack(int(binascii.hexlify(mkt_session_codes[random.randint(0,5)])), total_size, 124)
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> info_body = mkt_status_format.pack(mkt_type[random.randint(0,5)])
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> info_trailer = info_trailer_format.pack(0, b'\r')
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> -Ari