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for read I use:

def UI24(t):
    result = 0
    for i in xrange(3):
        result = (result << 8);
        byte = unpack('>b',t[i-1])
        result += byte;
    return result

and for write ?

Emil Ivanov
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2 Answers2

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Simpler to just pad them and treat as longs

>>> from struct import pack, unpack
>>> def unpack24(s):
...     return unpack(">L","\0"+s)[0]
... 
>>> def pack24(i):
...     return pack(">L",i)[1:]
... 
John La Rooy
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0

This is not tested !

def UI24back(value):
    result = ""
    for i in xrange(3):
        result = pack('>b', value &255) + result
        value  >>= 8
    return result
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