Re: convert string to the "escaped string"

2005-11-12 Thread Petr Jakes
Fredrik, thanks for your posting. I really appretiate your reply and your way how you kindly answer even stupid newbie's questions on this mailing list. I was trying: int("0xf") but I did not have idea about the optional "base" parameter for the int function. Thanks a lot. Petr -- http://mail.py

Re: convert string to the "escaped string"

2005-11-12 Thread Fredrik Lundh
Petr Jakes wrote: > I am trying to convert string to the "escaped string". > example: from "0xf" I need "\0xf" > I am able to do it like: > > a="0xf" > escaped_a=("\%s" % a ).decode("string_escape") > > Bu

Re: convert string to the "escaped string"

2005-11-12 Thread Petr Jakes
small mistake in my previous posting, sorry from "0xf" I need "\xf" of course and mentioned code gives me "\0xf" of course. Thanks for your postings Petr Jakes -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

convert string to the "escaped string"

2005-11-12 Thread Petr Jakes
Hi, I am trying to convert string to the "escaped string". example: from "0xf" I need "\0xf" I am able to do it like: a="0xf" escaped_a=("\%s" % a ).decode("string_escape") But it looks a little bit complicated in this