Help: C char bits operations to python converting

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <8qr6au$hr4$1 at nnrp1.deja.com>,  <gangli at msn.com> wrote:
>
>How could I convert following C statments to Python?
>   char tmp_ch, tmp_ch0, tmp_ch1;
>   tmp_ch = 'K' - 'A';          /* -> 10 */
>   tmp_ch0 = ('N' - 'A') << 4;  /* -> -48 */
>   tmp_ch1 = tmp_ch+ tmp_ch0;   /* -> -38 */

Use the built-in ord() function.
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