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> On 08 Nov 2015, at 22:27, kent nyberg <kent@z-sverige.nu> wrote:
>=20
> Well, lets assume I want to write and read binary.  How is it done?

With the functions 'open()' and 'read()' and 'write()'. If you're on =
Windows, don't forget to include a 'b' in the mode string of the open() =
call, otherwise Python will assume that you're opening a text file.

You also might want to look into the 'struct' module, functions 'pack()' =
and 'unpack()'. They convert python values to their binary =
representation which is used in binary files.

Greetings,