[Tutor] Re: how to separate hexadecimal

[Alan Gauld]

>  >>> hexa = '0x87BE'
>  >>> upper = int(hexa[2:4], 16)
>  >>> lower = int(hexa[4:6], 16)

FWIW :
You don't need to strip the '0x' from the front, int() is 
smart enough to do that automatically for base 16 
conversions...

Alan G.