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parikshatdubey at gmail

Jul 4, 2009, 3:06 AM

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Calling C or C++ Functions inside Python script

Hi,

Is this possible to call C functions(inbuilt or user defined) inside python
script.If yes, please illustrate how it can be done.
Thanks,
Parikshat Dubey
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clp2 at rebertia

Jul 4, 2009, 3:29 AM

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Re: Calling C or C++ Functions inside Python script [In reply to]

On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 3:06 AM, Parikshat Dubey<parikshatdubey[at]gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is this possible to call C functions(inbuilt or user defined) inside python
> script.If yes, please illustrate how it can be done.

The `ctypes` module:
http://docs.python.org/library/ctypes.html
Note: does not work w/ C++ directly.

Cheers,
Chris
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tn.pablo at gmail

Jul 4, 2009, 6:25 AM

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Re: Calling C or C++ Functions inside Python script [In reply to]

On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 05:06, Parikshat Dubey<parikshatdubey[at]gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is this possible to call C functions(inbuilt or user defined) inside python
> script.If yes, please illustrate how it can be done.
> Thanks,
> Parikshat Dubey

>From http://www.swig.org :

"SWIG is a software development tool that connects programs written in C
and C++ with a variety of high-level programming languages. SWIG is used
with different types of languages including common scripting languages
such as Perl, PHP, Python, Tcl and Ruby. "

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