Michael wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've received (via UDP) a null terminated string and need to convert it
> into a Python string. Can anyone tell me how this is done? If it helps,
> I know the number of characters in the string.
>
I think you mean NUL, not null.
What have you received it into, if it's not a Python string?
You probably need/want this:
if strg[-1] == "\0":
strg = strg[:-1]
alternatively:
strg = strg.rstrip("\0") # requires Python 2.2.2 or later
It's possible you may be talking about a fixed length string which
contains useful_stuff + "\0" + padding -- in that case you need
strg = strg.split("\0")[0] # grab upto (but not including) the first
NUL (if any)
If you're not sure what you've got, print repr(the_input_string)
HTH,
John
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