Steve,
glad you pointed that out. struct.unpack or something...i'll look into that module. thx > On 14-Jul-10 11:35, eMyListsDDg wrote: >> '\x00\x11\xb2\x00@,O\xa4' >> the above str is being returned from one key/value pair in a dictionary. it >> is the addr of a network device. >> i want to store the addr's in their 8byte mac format like this, >> [00 11 b2 00 40 2C 4F A4] >> the combinations of format strings using the print statement hasn't resulted >> in what i need. > A few hints: > Remember that the string is a set of raw binary values, so using ord() > on each character would give you the numbers you can then have > str.format() render as hex values. > You might also find the struct module helpful. >> looking for a suggestion on how to format this, '\x00\x11\xb2\x00@,O\xa4' >> into this [00-11-B2-00-40-2C-4F-A4] >> tia >> Best regards, >> eMyListsDDg mailto:emylists...@gmail.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org >> To unsubscribe or change subscription options: >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor -- Best regards, eMyListsDDg mailto:emylists...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor