struct.pack returns nothing [3]

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    Andrés> I'm using the example of the site
    Andrés> http://docs.python.org/lib/module-struct.html : 

    Andrés> import struct
    Andrés> pack('hhl', 1, 2, 3)

    Andrés> I should get:
    >>>> '\x00\x01\x00\x02\x00\x00\x00\x03'
    Andrés> I get an empty line, a '\n': 
    >>>> 
    >>>> _

Try

    import struct
    struct.pack('hhl', 1, 2, 3)

or

    from struct import pack
    pack('hhl', 1, 2, 3)

instead.

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