issue with struct.unpack

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On 25/08/2012 19:34, 9bizy wrote:
> I am trying to unpack values from sensor data I am retrieving through
> a serial cable, but I get errors while using struct.unpack, how can I
> use struct.unpack to unload the data in a readable format?
>
> I checked the python documentation for struct and I can seen to find
> any argument for this.
>
> I have data = struct.unpack('char',data) but I still get errors
>
The format strings are described here for Python 3:

     http://docs.python.org/3.2/library/struct.html

and here for Python 2:

     http://docs.python.org/2.7/library/struct.html