Need some python help (or maybe C )

[Kurt Wall]

On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 09:18:39PM -0800, Kurt Wall wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 11:40:58AM -0600, Ben Duncan wrote:
> >
> > I have a hex value as x'000123456D". It is a COMP-3 (Binary coded decimal)
> > for a cobol program. That says to me and is in actuality the number 123456-,
> > The LAST nibble D is negative and F or C would be postive.
> >
> > I need to get this to a "integer" or a string.
> 
> $ perl -e 'print unpack("I", 0x000123456D), "\n";'
> 942684465

Ya know, that's completely wrong. Try:

$ perl -e 'print sprintf("%d\n", 0x000123456), "\n";'
1193046

Kurt
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