[Tutor] str format conversion help

[Steve Willoughby]

On 14-Jul-10 11:35, eMyListsDDg wrote:
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> '\x00\x11\xb2\x00@,O\xa4'
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> the above str is being returned from one key/value pair in a dictionary. it is the addr of a network device.
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> i want to store the addr's in their 8byte mac format like this,
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>      [00 11 b2 00 40 2C 4F A4]
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> the combinations of format strings using the print statement hasn't resulted in what i need.

A few hints:

Remember that the string is a set of raw binary values, so using ord() 
on each character would give you the numbers you can then have 
str.format() render as hex values.

You might also find the struct module helpful.

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> looking for a suggestion on how to format this, '\x00\x11\xb2\x00@,O\xa4' into this [00-11-B2-00-40-2C-4F-A4]
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> tia
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> Best regards,
>   eMyListsDDg                            mailto:eMyListsDDg at gmail.com
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