> I need to print variables out over serial, however I need them to not be > in ASCII, ie if the variable is 5 then print 5 not "5". > > The function that writes to the serial port requires a string and I can > send non-variables out with the string "/x05" for 5. > > Is this even possible? >
Check out the struct module. >>> a = 5 >>> struct.pack("b", a) '\x05' --S
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