Python - string to hexbytes conversion - HELP!

[Peter Hansen]

Carsten Gaebler wrote:
> 
> me wrote:
> 
> > if I do a read and get a='1234567'
> > I need  an equivalent string to be
> > b=Chr(0x01)+chr(0x23)+chr(x045)+chr(0x67)
> 
> >>> import binascii
> >>> binascii.unhexlify("01234567")
> '\x01#Eg'

Other than the requirement that an *even* number of 
digits be present (to ensure no partial bytes) this 
one pretty much closes the discussion, doesn't it? :-)

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Peter Hansen, P.Eng.
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