python strings

[Bryan]

Gerhard Häring wrote:
> Python 2.4.2 (#2, Sep 30 2005, 21:19:01)
> [GCC 4.0.2 20050808 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.0.1-4ubuntu8)] on linux2
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>> s = "\x000"
>>>> s[0] == chr(0)
> True
> 
> - -- Gerhard

this works too :)

 >>> s = '\x001'
 >>> s[0] == chr(0)
True
 >>> s = '\x00abc'
 >>> s[0] == chr(0)
True


i think it would be more clear not to use 3 digits for this example since \x 
only uses the next two numbers, not 3.

 >>> s = '\x00'
 >>> s[0] == chr(0)
True


bryan