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A log file is stored in variable "a". The file has the following format for each log entry, in order, stored in big endian: Field 1: 2-byte integer Field 2: 2-byte integer Field 3: 4-byte string…
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File System & Data Management
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A log file is stored in variable "a". The file has the following format for each log entry, in order, stored in big endian:
Field 1: 2-byte integer
Field 2: 2-byte integer
Field 3: 4-byte string
Which of the following would unpack a line from the log file into the proper fields?
Options
- Astruct.unpack('>HH4s',a)
- Bstmct.unpack('<HHsss',a)
- Cstruct.unpack('>HHHH',a)
- Dstrnct.unpack('!BxBx4s',a)
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#struct module#binary unpacking#endianness#format strings