How to read Unsigned integer from binary file?

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How to read "Unsigned 8/16/24/32/64-bit integer" from binary file ? ( big-endian byte order ) unpack ? any examples ?

John La Rooy · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-21 11:07:34Z

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Use the struct module. That covers 8,16,32 and 64 bits. 24 bits you will need to do some extra fiddling yourself

Examples are here

answered Jul 21, 2011 at 11:07

John La Rooy

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Can you give an example for converting (2) 12-bit data stored in 3 in-order bytes into 2 ints? These are stored in a binary file.