Is there a simple way to convert between bytes and their hex representations (also bytes) in python, like '\x1a\x2b\x3c\x4d' to '1a2b3c4d'?

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Is there a simple way (or simplest?) to convert between '\x1a\x2b\x3c\x4d' and '1a2b3c4d' in python?

(Here '\x4d' means a byte whose ascii code is 4d, namely the character 'M', but '4d' stand for two characters. And the others are similar meanings.)

possible duplicate of [Convert hex string to int in Python](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/209513/convert-hex-string-to-int-in-python) — , Jan 10 '15 at 17:00

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 10 '15 at 16:56

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You can convert bytes to their hex representation with the binascii.hexlify() function:

>>> import binascii
>>> binascii.hexlify('\x1a\x2b\x3c\x4d')
'1a2b3c4d'

answered Jan 10 '15 at 16:56

Martijn Pieters

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Is there a simple way to convert between bytes and their hex representations (also bytes) in python, like '\x1a\x2b\x3c\x4d' to '1a2b3c4d'?

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