Maestro Stefano, questo sembra bellissimo! :-) On 14.10.20 16:13, Stefano Miccoli via Owfs-developers wrote: > A more succinct way would be: > > str(x).encode() > > In fact the outer call to ‘bytes’ in 'bytes(str.encode(str(x)))' is a > no-op, and python strings are objects which have an ‘encode' method, > so no need call the class method ’str.encode’. > > Another possible way is > > f"{x:d}".encode() > > or > > "{:d}".format(x).encode() > > which is more “defensive”, in the sense that the conversion fails if x > is not an integer. In fact “str(x)” is defined for almost any > imaginable object in python, and could return anything. Therefore it > is better to be a little more verbose, and be explicit on the fact > that here we are interested in a decimal integer. > > Another variant, in which we accept a float value could be > > f"{round(x):d}".encode() > > or > > f"{x:.0f}" > > but possibilities are endless. > > Bye and thank you for sharing. > > > Stefano > > >> On 14 Oct 2020, at 15:08, Mick Sulley <m...@sulley.info >> <mailto:m...@sulley.info>> wrote: >> >> I had a bit of trouble with this and thought it worth sharing the >> solution. >> >> With Python2 and pyownet I could use >> >> owp.write('/settings/timeout/directory', 60) >> >> but with Python3 that throws an error, TypeError: 'data' argument >> must be binary. I can use >> >> owp.write('/settings/timeout/directory', b'60') >> >> but if I want to use a variable for the data the format which works is - >> >> x = 60 >> owp.write('/settings/timeout/directory', bytes(str.encode(str(x)))) >> >> There may be other ways to do it but that works for me. >> >> Mick >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Owfs-developers mailing list >> Owfs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net >> <mailto:Owfs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net> >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/owfs-developers > > > > _______________________________________________ > Owfs-developers mailing list > Owfs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/owfs-developers
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