How do I convert characters into integers?

[Binu K S]

On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 23:59:13 -0500, Adam DePrince <adam at cognitcorp.com> wrote:
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> message = [chr( (ord( x ) + 3 )%256) for x in message]
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Minor correction:
message = ''.join([chr( (ord( x ) + 3 )%256) for x in message])