python_struct_pack_unpack_integers_binary_quickstart.py

1import struct
2
3# Pack three integers into a bytes object
4# '>' indicates big-endian, 'I' is unsigned int, 'h' is short, 'b' is signed char
5packed_data = struct.pack('>Ihb', 1, 2, 3)
6print(f"Packed: {packed_data}")
7
8# Unpack the bytes object back into Python objects
9unpacked_data = struct.unpack('>Ihb', packed_data)
10print(f"Unpacked: {unpacked_data}")
11
12# You can also determine the size of a format
13size = struct.calcsize('>Ihb')
14print(f"Format size: {size} bytes")