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<div class="textblock"><p>WiredTiger's data packing uses format strings similar to those specified in the Python struct module: <a href="http://docs.python.org/library/struct">http://docs.python.org/library/struct</a></p>
<p>The first character of the format string can be used to indicate the byte order, size and alignment of the packed data, according to the following table:</p>
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<p>If the first character is not one of these, '.' (big-endian, packed) is assumed: it naturally sorts in lexicographic order, and the packed format uses variable-sized encoding of values to reduce the data size.</p>
<p>Note: <b> little-endian format</b> not yet supported in WiredTiger. </p>
<p>Only the default big-endian, packed format is currently supported.</p>
<p>The remaining characters in the format string specify the type of each field to be packed into or unpacked from a byte array. See <a class="el" href="schema.html#schema_column_types">Column types</a> for the list of supported types.</p>
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<p>The code below is taken from the complete example program <a class="el" href="ex_pack_8c-example.html">ex_pack.c</a>. It demonstrates how to pack three integer values into a buffer and then unpack them again.</p>
<div class="fragment"><div class="line"> ret = <a class="code" href="group__wt.html#ga2460e8022f3c8c7cb5f274ec9f1764e6" title="Calculate the size required to pack a structure.">wiredtiger_struct_size</a>(session, &size, <span class="stringliteral">"iii"</span>, 42, 1000, -9);</div>
<div class="line"> <span class="keywordflow">if</span> (size > <span class="keyword">sizeof</span>(buf)) {</div>
<div class="line"> <span class="comment">/* Allocate a bigger buffer. */</span></div>
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<div class="line"> ret = <a class="code" href="group__wt.html#ga58d055cb4d054715bebd58a2cb713b2d" title="Pack a structure into a buffer.">wiredtiger_struct_pack</a>(session, buf, size, <span class="stringliteral">"iii"</span>, 42, 1000, -9);</div>
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<div class="line"> ret = <a class="code" href="group__wt.html#ga1db8298185374dbb61b398a4e9a3d1c8" title="Unpack a structure from a buffer.">wiredtiger_struct_unpack</a>(session, buf, size, <span class="stringliteral">"iii"</span>, &i, &j, &k);</div>
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