On Sep 5, 4:16 am, Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> wrote: > genxtech wrote: > > Hello. I am still really new to python and I have a project where I > > am trying to use the data files from another program and write a new > > program with new user interface and all. My first step was to open > > one of the files in 'rb' mode and print the contents, but I am > > unfamiliar with the format. Here is what was printed to the terminal: > > > b'URES\x04\x00\x03\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x0f > > \x00\x00\x00\x03\t\x00c\x01\x00\x00\x0c#\x00\x00\x02\x1b\x00\x00\x00Y > > \x00\x00\x00\x08\x98"\x00\x00t\x00\x00\x00\x01\'\x01\x00\x00z$ > > \x00\x00\x04,\xa7\x00\x00\xa1%\x00\x00\x05\x0b\x00\x00\x00o$\x00\x00\n > > \x11\x00\x00\x00\xcd\xcc\x00\x00\x0b\xf8\x00\x00\x00\xde\xcc > > \x00\x00\x0c\x19\x00\x00' > > > I am using Python 3.1 on a Fedora 13 box if that makes any difference. > > Any advise on how to decode the data would be greatly appreciated. > > What's the name of the file? > What's the program that uses the file? > If the source code is available, what library does that program use to read > the file? > > Peter
Unfortunately the source code isn't available, so I'm trying to figure out a way to get the format of the file on my own. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
