Convert file of bytes to ints Python

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reading integers from binary file in python

I've read the solution to a similar problem here: convert a string of bytes into an int (python) but I'm not quite sure how to repurpose it for my needs.

I have a .bin file which is just a sequence of bytes. Every set of 4 bytes represents a 32-bit number. I am trying to use the struct module as described in that linked question to convert every set of 4 bytes to an integer and print them to a new file. How can I achieve this?

Thanks for the help.

Clearly it's not that ambiguous since Steve understood and answered it with exactly what I was looking for within minutes after I posted the question. In any case, go ahead and close if you would like since I got what I was looking for. — NickHalden, May 14 '12 at 00:48

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

You might want to read Read ints from file in python It is even more straightforward from that question.

I have not checked the following code but something along the spirit of

fin = open("hi.bmp", "rb")
out = open("values.txt","rw")
value = struct.unpack('i', fin.read(4))[0]
out.write("%d\n" % value) # just loop over the 2 last lines
out.close()
fin.close()

should do the trick, if you want to record the ints as readable integers in another file.

Convert file of bytes to ints Python

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