circuitpython/docs/library/ustruct.rst
Paul Sokolovsky 3bc9b571bb docs/ustruct: There's no complete "struct" module, only "ustruct" subset.
"ustruct" is good example of micro-ified module, so rather should belong
to the corresponding list.
2016-04-22 22:37:14 +03:00

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:mod:`ustruct` -- pack and unpack primitive data types
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.. module:: ustruct
:synopsis: pack and unpack primitive data types
See `Python struct <https://docs.python.org/3/library/struct.html>`_ for more
information.
Functions
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.. function:: calcsize(fmt)
Return the number of bytes needed to store the given ``fmt``.
.. function:: pack(fmt, v1, v2, ...)
Pack the values ``v1``, ``v2``, ... according to the format string ``fmt``.
The return value is a bytes object encoding the values.
.. function:: unpack(fmt, data)
Unpack from the ``data`` according to the format string ``fmt``.
The return value is a tuple of the unpacked values.