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     "source": [
      "<h1>Chapter 14: Low-Level Programming<h1>"
     ]
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     "source": [
      "<h3>Example 14.14, Page number: 14.12<h3>"
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     "input": [
      "# illustrates the use of right shift operator\n",
      "\n",
      "a=0xf05a\n",
      "\n",
      "print \"%u\" %(a)\n",
      "print \"%x\" %(a>>6)"
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       "text": [
        "61530\n",
        "3c1\n"
       ]
      }
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     "source": [
      "<h3>Example 14.16, Page number: 14.13<h3>"
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     "input": [
      "# displaying bit patterns\n",
      "\n",
      "\n",
      "a=1\n",
      "nbits=16\n",
      "m=0x1<<(nbits-1)\n",
      "\n",
      "def main(a):\n",
      "    mask=abs(m)\n",
      "    for count in range(1,nbits+1):\n",
      "        if a&mask:\n",
      "            b=1\n",
      "        else:\n",
      "            b=0\n",
      "\n",
      "        print \"%x\" %(b),\n",
      "        if count%4==0:\n",
      "            print \"\\t\",\n",
      "\n",
      "        mask>>=1\n",
      "    return\n",
      "print \"\\n1-->\\n\"\n",
      "main(1)\n",
      "print \"\\n-1-->\\n\"\n",
      "main(-1)\n",
      "print \"\\n0-->\\n\"\n",
      "main(0)\n",
      "print \"\\n2-->\\n\"\n",
      "main(2)\n",
      "print \"\\n-2-->\\n\"\n",
      "main(-2)\n",
      "\n"
     ],
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       "text": [
        "\n",
        "1-->\n",
        "\n",
        "0 0 0 0 \t0 0 0 0 \t0 0 0 0 \t0 0 0 1 \t\n",
        "-1-->\n",
        "\n",
        "1 1 1 1 \t1 1 1 1 \t1 1 1 1 \t1 1 1 1 \t\n",
        "0-->\n",
        "\n",
        "0 0 0 0 \t0 0 0 0 \t0 0 0 0 \t0 0 0 0 \t\n",
        "2-->\n",
        "\n",
        "0 0 0 0 \t0 0 0 0 \t0 0 0 0 \t0 0 1 0 \t\n",
        "-2-->\n",
        "\n",
        "1 1 1 1 \t1 1 1 1 \t1 1 1 1 \t1 1 1 0 \t"
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     "source": [
      "<h3>Example 14.23, Page Number: 14.20"
     ]
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     "input": [
      "# Storing Names and Birthdays\n",
      "\n",
      "from ctypes import *\n",
      "\n",
      "string=c_char*50\n",
      "\n",
      "\n",
      "def convert(mm,dd,yy):\n",
      "    yy-=1900\n",
      "    ndays=long(30.42*(mm-1)+dd)\n",
      "    if mm==2:\n",
      "        ndays+=1\n",
      "    if mm>2 and mm<8:\n",
      "        ndays-=1\n",
      "    if yy%4==0 and mm<2:\n",
      "        ndays+=1\n",
      "\n",
      "    ncycles=yy/4\n",
      "    ndays+=ncycles*1461\n",
      "\n",
      "    nyears=yy%4\n",
      "    if nyears>0:\n",
      "        ndays+=365*nyears+1\n",
      "    if ndays>59:\n",
      "        ndays-=1\n",
      "\n",
      "    day=ndays%7\n",
      "    yy+=1900\n",
      "    if yy%4==0 and yy%400!=0:\n",
      "        day+=1\n",
      "    return day\n",
      "\n",
      "\n",
      "class date(Structure):\n",
      "\t_fields_=[('month',c_int),('day',c_int),('year',c_int)]\n",
      "\t\n",
      "\n",
      "class person(Structure):\n",
      "\t_fields_=[('name',string),('birthdate',date)]\n",
      "\t\t\n",
      "student=[]\n",
      "\n",
      "weekday=['Sunday','Monday','Tuesday','Wednesday','Thursday','Friday','Saturday']\n",
      "\n",
      "month=['January','February','March','April','May','June','July','August',\\\n",
      "       'September','October','November','December']\n",
      "\n",
      "\n",
      "name='Rob Smith'\n",
      "birthdate=date(7,20,1972)\n",
      "student.append(person(name,birthdate))\n",
      "\n",
      "name='Judy Thompson'\n",
      "birthdate=date(11,27,1983)\n",
      "student.append(person(name,birthdate))\n",
      "\n",
      "name='Jim Williams'\n",
      "birthdate=date(12,29,1998)\n",
      "student.append(person(name,birthdate))\n",
      "\n",
      "name='Mort Davis'\n",
      "birthdate=date(6,10,2010)\n",
      "student.append(person(name,birthdate))\n",
      "\n",
      "\n",
      "\t\n",
      "for count in xrange(0,4):\n",
      "    day_of_week=convert(student[count].birthdate.month,student[count].birthdate.day,student[count].birthdate.year)\n",
      "    print student[count].name,\n",
      "    print \"          %s, %s %d %d \\n\" %(weekday[day_of_week],month[student[count].birthdate.month-1],student[count].birthdate.day,student[count].birthdate.year)\n"
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       "output_type": "stream",
       "stream": "stdout",
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        "Rob Smith           Thursday, July 20 1972 \n",
        "\n",
        "Judy Thompson           Sunday, November 27 1983 \n",
        "\n",
        "Jim Williams           Tuesday, December 29 1998 \n",
        "\n",
        "Mort Davis           Thursday, June 10 2010 \n",
        "\n"
       ]
      }
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