How can I represent a byte array (like in Java with byte[]) in Python? I'll need to send it over the wire with gevent.
byte key[] = {0x13, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x08, 0x00};
Answer
In Python 3, we use the bytes object, also known as str in Python 2.
# Python 3
key = bytes([0x13, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x08, 0x00])
# Python 2
key = ''.join(chr(x) for x in [0x13, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x08, 0x00])
I find it more convenient to use the base64 module...
# Python 3
key = base64.b16decode(b'130000000800')
# Python 2
key = base64.b16decode('130000000800')
You can also use literals...
# Python 3
key = b'\x13\0\0\0\x08\0'
# Python 2
key = '\x13\0\0\0\x08\0'