Question about Reading Files

genxtech jrmy.lnrd at gmail.com
Sat Sep 4 19:04:35 EDT 2010


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.



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