array_byteswap.py

#!/usr/bin/env python


import array
import binascii


def to_hex(a):
    chars_per_item = a.itemsize * 2
    hex_version = binascii.hexlify(a)
    num_chunks = len(hex_version) / chars_per_item
    for i in xrange(num_chunks):
        start = i * chars_per_item
        end = start + chars_per_item
        yield hex_version[start:end]

a1 = array.array('i', xrange(5))
a2 = array.array('i', xrange(5))
a2.byteswap()

fmt = '%10s %10s %10s %10s'
print fmt % ('A1 hex', 'A1', 'A2 hex', 'A2')
print fmt % (('-' * 10,) * 4)
for values in zip(to_hex(a1), a1, to_hex(a2), a2):
    print fmt % values