7stud wrote:
> Suppose I write:
>
> f = open("myimg.jpg")
> f.read(10)
>
>
> According to the docs,
> -----------
> read([size])
>
> Read at most size bytes from the file....The bytes are returned as a
> string object.
> ----------
>
> How does python convert a byte to a string?
>
Each byte of the file occupies one character in the string. As you could
have found out (more quickly than posting!) by actually typing your
example into an interpreter.
>>> f = open('desktop01-real.jpg')
>>> f.read(10)
'\xff\xd8\xff\xe0\x00\x10JFIF'
>>>
regards
Steve
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