On 12/13/2015 12:05 PM, KP wrote:
On Sunday, 13 December 2015 11:57:57 UTC-8, Laura Creighton wrote:
In a message of Sun, 13 Dec 2015 11:45:19 -0800, KP writes:
Hi all,
f = open("stairs.bin", "rb")
data = list(f.read(16))
print data
returns
['=', '\x04', '\x00', '\x05', '\x00', '\x01', '\x00', '\x00', '\x00', '\x00',
'\x00', '\x00', '\x00', '\x00', '\x00', '\x00']
The first byte of the file is 0x3D according to my hex editor, so why does
Python return '=' and not '\x3D'?
As always, thanks for any help!
0x3d is the ascii code for '='
I am aware of that - so is the rule that non-printables are returned in hex
notation whereas printables come in their ASCII representation?
No. The data is returned as raw bytes.
It's the print that is responsible for the way these bytes are _displayed_.
-=- Larry -=-
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