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Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:25:43 -0600
From: David Lambert <dave@lambsys.com>
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On 01/30/2012 07:02 AM, contro opinion wrote:
> >>> s1='\x45'
> >>> s2='\xe4'
> >>> s1+s2
> 'E\xe4'
> >>> print  s1+s2
> E
>
> why  s1+s2  not  =  '\x45\xe4'??
>
It is, but '\x45' is ASCII 'E', and '\xe4' is not a printable character:
 >>> print '\x45'
E
 >>> print  '\xe4'

 >>>
Try printing s1 and s2 separately in your example.

HTH,

Dave.