Hex String

[Anthony Cole]

How can I concatenate 2 hex strings (e.g. '\x16' and '\xb9') then convert
the answer to an integer?

When I try i always end up with the ASCII equivalent!

Thanks,
Anthony

 

[Chris Rebert]

How can I concatenate 2 hex strings (e.g. '\x16' and '\xb9') then convert
the answer to an integer?

When I try i always end up with the ASCII equivalent!

I think you want the `struct` module:
struct — Interpret strings as packed binary data
http://docs.python.org/library/struct.html

Cheers,
Chris

 

[MRAB]

How can I concatenate 2 hex strings (e.g. '\x16' and '\xb9') then convert
the answer to an integer?

When I try i always end up with the ASCII equivalent!

Those are just bytestrings (assuming you're using Python 2.x), ie
strings using 1 byte per character. You can convert a bytestring to an
integer using the functions in the 'struct' module.