On 2012-04-27, Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On 2012-04-27, Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>> python <w.g.sned...@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
>
> Yes, as long as the input value doesn't exceed 0x1ffff. This is
> probably better:
>
> n = int('0xc0a8'16) & 0xffff
Oops, missed the "signed" part of the requirement.
n = int('0xc0a8',16) & 0xffff
if (n & 0x8000): n |= -1 & ~0xffff
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