Python 3 - Hex-String to bytes [duplicate]

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I am using python 3 and try to convert a hex-string to a byte-represented form. So i used the following command:

bytes.fromhex('97ad300414b64c')

I Expected results like this: b'\x97\xad\x30\x04\x14\xb6\x4c'' but got b'\x97\xad0\x04\x14\xb6L'. I am note sure what i am doing wrong, but maybe it is something with the encoding?

Everything is fine. The print function tries to make things 'look' friendly. And doesn't in this case. print(bytes.fromhex('4d65727279204368726973746d6173')) — quamrana
– quamrana, Commented Dec 27, 2017 at 18:15
Some of the bytes correspond to printable characters. \x30 => '0' and \x4c => 'L'. — user8651755
– user8651755, Commented Dec 27, 2017 at 18:24
(both are confusion about the representation of bytes in Python 3 after converting from hex string.) — user202729
– user202729, Commented Feb 12, 2021 at 12:44
as you said: my main problem was the interpretation of the output representation. The answer in your suggestion clears this up. (Using binascii.hexlify) is what i needed at this time. — Chris
– Chris, Commented Feb 12, 2021 at 15:13

Roman Nakutnyi · Accepted Answer · 2020-10-28 11:33:43Z

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As pointed by @user8651755 in the comments, this is due to the fact that some bytes correspond to printable characters. So the answer is: you are doing everything right.

answered Oct 28, 2020 at 11:33

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