New submission from Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <tshepang@gmail.com>: This example [1] assumes you are using a specific platform to check it out. I am using amd64, and I get different results. To fix, I prefix the format string with '>': before: pack('hhl', 1, 2, 3) after: pack('>hhl', 1, 2, 3) 1: http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/d3ddbad31b3e/Doc/library/struct.rst#l299 ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 160291 nosy: docs@python, mark.dickinson, meador.inge, tshepang priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: the struct example should give consistent results across different hardware platforms type: enhancement versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.2, Python 3.3 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue14765> _______________________________________