format in struct .pack

[praveen0437]

hi
i know about format argument in pack and unpack like b h i etc but in some cases i am getting < or = symbols along with them what does they signifies
for example struct.pack( "<cI", 'n', var1 )

[ghostdog74]

hi
i know about format argument in pack and unpack like b h i etc but in some cases i am getting < or = symbols along with them what does they signifies
for example struct.pack( "<cI", 'n', var1 )

My advice : always read the docs. See here . The '<' and '=' are stated in that doc. '<' and '>' has to do with byte order. (little and big endian)