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Date Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:16:57 -0400
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On 03/28/2012 04:56 AM, Peter Daum wrote:
> Hi,
>
> is there any way to convert a string to bytes without
> interpreting the data in any way? Something like:
>
> s='abcde'
> b=bytes(s, "unchanged")
>
> Regards,
>                                Peter


You needed to specify that you are using Python 3.x .  In python 2.x, a 
string is indeed a series of bytes.  But in Python 3.x, you have to be 
much more specific.

For example, if that string is coming from a literal, then you usually 
can convert it back to bytes simply by encoding using the same method as 
the one specified for the source file.  So look at the encoding line at 
the top of the file.



-- 

DaveA

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"convert" string to bytes without changing data (encoding) Peter Daum <gator@cs.tu-berlin.de> - 2012-03-28 10:56 +0200
  Re: "convert" string to bytes without changing data (encoding) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-03-28 20:02 +1100
    Re: "convert" string to bytes without changing data (encoding) Peter Daum <gator@cs.tu-berlin.de> - 2012-03-28 11:43 +0200
      Re: "convert" string to bytes without changing data (encoding) Heiko Wundram <modelnine@modelnine.org> - 2012-03-28 12:42 +0200
        Re: "convert" string to bytes without changing data (encoding) Peter Daum <gator@cs.tu-berlin.de> - 2012-03-28 19:43 +0200
          Re: "convert" string to bytes without changing data (encoding) Heiko Wundram <modelnine@modelnine.org> - 2012-03-28 20:13 +0200
          Re: "convert" string to bytes without changing data (encoding) Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2012-03-28 21:13 +0300
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            Re: "convert" string to bytes without changing data (encoding) Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2012-03-28 19:40 +0000
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            Re: "convert" string to bytes without changing data (encoding) Peter Daum <gator@cs.tu-berlin.de> - 2012-03-29 16:57 +0200
            Re: "convert" string to bytes without changing data (encoding) Peter Daum <gator@cs.tu-berlin.de> - 2012-03-29 16:57 +0200
          Re: "convert" string to bytes without changing data (encoding) Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> - 2012-03-30 22:06 +0300
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            Re: Re: "convert" string to bytes without changing data (encoding) Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> - 2012-03-28 15:43 -0400
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              Re: "convert" string to bytes without changing data (encoding) Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2012-03-28 20:56 +0000
              Re: "convert" string to bytes without changing data (encoding) Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-03-29 00:02 +0000
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                Re: Re: Re: "convert" string to bytes without changing data (encoding) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-03-29 14:31 +1100
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