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diff --git a/Doc/library/struct.rst b/Doc/library/struct.rst index e2443aa395..63bf9b178e 100644 --- a/Doc/library/struct.rst +++ b/Doc/library/struct.rst @@ -233,6 +233,16 @@ end, assuming longs are aligned on 4-byte boundaries. This only works when native size and alignment are in effect; standard size and alignment does not enforce any alignment. +Unpacked fields can be named by assigning them to variables or by wrapping +the result in a named tuple:: + + >>> record = 'raymond \x32\x12\x08\x01\x08' + >>> name, serialnum, school, gradelevel = unpack('<10sHHb', record) + + >>> from collections import namedtuple + >>> Student = namedtuple('Student', 'name serialnum school gradelevel') + >>> Student._make(unpack('<10sHHb', s)) + Student(name='raymond ', serialnum=4658, school=264, gradelevel=8) .. seealso:: |