Hi The problem is that '\x00' is a escape sequence...
Try something like this: >>> x = '\x00' >>> int(repr(x)[3:-1], 16) 0 >>> x = '\x15' >>> int(repr(x)[3:-1], 16) 21 >>> On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 06:51:32 -0700 Earl Eiland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to process the IP packet length field, as recorded by pcap > (Ethereal) and recovered using pcapy. When I slice out those bytes, I > get a value that shows in '\x00' format, rather than '0x00'. Neither > int() nor eval() are working. How do I handle this? > > Earl Eiland > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
