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Subject: Re: A few questiosn about encoding
From: Benjamin Schollnick <benjamin@schollnick.net>
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Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 16:35:48 -0400
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Nick,

>> The only thing that i didn't understood is this line.
>> First please tell me what is a byte value
>>=20
>>> \x1b is a sequence you find inside strings (and "byte" strings, the
>>> b'...' format).
>>=20
>> \x1b is a character(ESC) represented in hex format
>>=20
>> b'\x1b' is a byte object that represents what?
>>=20
>>=20
>> >>> chr(27).encode('utf-8')
>> b'\x1b'
>>=20
>> >>> b'\x1b'.decode('utf-8')
>> '\x1b'
>>=20
>> After decoding it gives the char ESC in hex format
>> Shouldn't it result in value 27 which is the ordinal of ESC ?

I'm sorry are you not listening?

1b is a HEXADECIMAL Number.  As a so-called programmer, did you =
seriously not consider that?

Try this:

1) Open a Web browser
2) Go to Google.com
3) Type in "Hex 1B"=20
4) Click on the first link
5) In the Hexadecimal column find 1B.

Or open your favorite calculator, and convert Hexadecimal 1B to Decimal =
(Base 10).

		- Benjamin



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"><div>Nick,</div><div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><blockquote =
type=3D"cite">The only thing that i didn't understood is this =
line.<br>First please tell me what is a byte value<br><br><blockquote =
type=3D"cite">\x1b is a sequence you find inside strings (and "byte" =
strings, the<br>b'...' format).<br></blockquote><br>\x1b is a =
character(ESC) represented in hex format<br><br>b'\x1b' is a byte object =
that represents what?<br><br><br> &gt;&gt;&gt; =
chr(27).encode('utf-8')<br>b'\x1b'<br><br> &gt;&gt;&gt; =
b'\x1b'.decode('utf-8')<br>'\x1b'<br><br>After decoding it gives the =
char ESC in hex format<br>Shouldn't it result in value 27 which is the =
ordinal of ESC ?<br></blockquote></blockquote><div><br></div>I'm sorry =
are you not listening?</div><div><br></div><div>1b is a HEXADECIMAL =
Number. &nbsp;As a so-called programmer, did you seriously not consider =
that?</div><div><br></div><div>Try this:</div><div><br></div><div>1) =
Open a Web browser</div><div>2) Go to <a =
href=3D"http://Google.com">Google.com</a></div><div>3) Type in "Hex =
1B"&nbsp;</div><div>4) Click on the first link</div><div>5) In the =
Hexadecimal column find 1B.</div><div><br></div><div>Or open your =
favorite calculator, and convert Hexadecimal 1B to Decimal (Base =
10).</div><div><br></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" =
style=3D"white-space:pre">		</span>- =
Benjamin</div><div><br></div><br></body></html>=

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