Socket Example2

Question

Create a dictionary mapping socket module constants to their names.

Solution

import socket

def get_constants(prefix):
    """Create a dictionary mapping socket module constants to their names."""
    return dict( (getattr(socket, n), n)
                 for n in dir(socket)
                 if n.startswith(prefix)
                 )

protocols = get_constants('IPPROTO_')

for name in [ 'icmp', 'udp', 'tcp' ]:
    proto_num = socket.getprotobyname(name)
    print(proto_num)
    const_name = protocols[proto_num]
    print('%4s -> %2d (socket.%-12s = %2d)' % \
        (name, proto_num, const_name, getattr(socket, const_name)))

Explanation

See also

• Suggest a Code Improvement:networking_socket_example2.py

• Suggest a better explanation for networking_socket_example2.rst

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