Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!feeder.news-service.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.070 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.86; '*S*': 0.00; 'output': 0.10; 'cesar': 0.16; 'hexadecimal': 0.16; 'subject:non': 0.16; 'subject:print': 0.16; '>>>': 0.18; 'module,': 0.23; 'code.': 0.26; 'received:209.85.220': 0.27; 'all,': 0.28; 'import': 0.28; 'odd': 0.29; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.29; 'print': 0.29; 'thanks': 0.30; "skip:' 10": 0.30; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'subject:How': 0.35; 'file': 0.36; 'but': 0.37; 'open': 0.37; 'received:google.com': 0.38; '8bit%:8': 0.38; 'received:209.85': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'reverse': 0.73; 'skip:q 30': 0.84; 'julio': 0.91 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=HVmptPtF/UVmW73RGh7O9ON6t+51tvoQvgJ7ae0SMAE=; b=pMSpriSNxT/kuB+/aYwfbKdAS2gJTGXWLjpuskvBRrCMJLp9mRoaw3QiVnTsYrNCse gVgZSlNo7zmlijHr4Zz+ARTifjZPJxgClvw9YgGjW5AZINkN5Y9zmCoLybHorLzb5SRd 81dLqK5osO1YV8t8O0Ki+QF5X0mPBX4Z7WEPM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 00:59:42 -0400 Subject: How to print non-printable chars?? From: Julio Cesar Rodriguez Cruz To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 17 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1313211585 news.xs4all.nl 23950 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:51429 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:11333 Hi all, If I open an .exe file in any text editor I get lot of odd chars, what I want is to know how to output those chars if I have the hexadecimal code. I found out how to do the reverse process with the quopri module, i.e.: >>> import quopri >>> quopri.encodestring('=F1=E8=18') '=3DF1=3DE8=3D18' >>> quopri.decodestring('=3DF1=3DE8=3D18') '\xf1\xe8\x18' but how to do the reverse? ...gived '\xf1\xe8\x18', print '=F1=E8=18' any tips? thanks Julio Cesar