simple example of bit manipulation in python?

[Alex Martelli]

"Thomas Weholt" <thomas at gatsoft.no> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Can anobody point to or provide a simple example of bit manipulation using
> plain python?

You mean "bit manipulation" as in:

>>> x=0xdeadbeef
>>> low=0xFFFF
>>> "%x"%(x&low)
'beef'
>>> "%x"%(x>>16&low)
'dead'
>>>

or what?


Alex