how to transfer integer on socket?

[Gabriel Genellina]

En Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:48:58 -0300, Frank Potter <could.net at gmail.com>  
escribió:

> Is there any easy way to transfer 4 bit integer on socket?

Extend it to 8 bits (1 byte) and use a single character (string of length  
1)

> I want to send like this:
>
> a=5
> send_integer(socket_s,a)

socket_s.send(chr(a))

> and receive like this:
> a=receive_integer(socket_s)

a = ord(socket_s.recv(1))

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Gabriel Genellina