"David Bear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> my $klen = length($key); > my $blen = 64; > my $ipad = chr(0x36)x$blen; > my $opad = chr(0x5c)x$blen; > > I don't know if I ever seen any way in python of created a fixed size > string. Can anyone show me how to implement the same statements in python? Certainly, you can create fixed-length strings in python: >>> n = 7 >>> chr(0x36) * n '6666666' > I when python XOR's strings, is it the same as when perl xor's them? No, XOR is a bitwise operation that does not apply to strings. >>> 5 ^ 0 5 >>> 5 ^ 0xF 10 >>> 'a' ^ 'b' Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for ^: 'str' and 'str' See also the 'struct' module: http://docs.python.org/lib/module-struct.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
