def to_uint(array, pos=0):
	#byte 1
	n = array[pos]
	if (not (n & (1 << 7))):
		return n, pos+1
	n -= (1 << 7)
	
	#byte 2
	n = n | (array[pos+1] << 7)
	if (not (n & (1 << 14))):
		return n, pos+2
	n -= (1 << 14)
	
	#byte 3
	n = n | (array[pos+2] << 14)
	if (not (n & (1 << 21))):
		return n, pos+3
	n -= (1 << 21)
	
	#byte 4
	n = n | (array[pos+3] << 21)

	#Negative numbers
	if (n & (1 << 28)):
		n -= (1 << 28);
		n = -( (~n & 0x0FFFFFFF) + 1)

	return n, pos+4

print to_uint([5])
print to_uint([100])
print to_uint([255, 1])
print to_uint([232, 7])
print to_uint([255, 255, 255, 255])
print to_uint([230, 250, 255, 255])
print to_uint([174, 246, 255, 255])
print to_uint([241, 177, 255, 255])