string to hex and back again

[volcano63]

but...... can it be used with non-byte stuff?

In [7]: array.array('I', 'Skaperen'.encode())
Out[7]: array('I', [1885432659, 1852142181])

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IMHO, struct and array are the tools to process stream data - like if you want to parse a protocol packet. Otherwise, you have to invent bells and whistle...

Here's a little more involved example with struct - split string into unequal-size fields

In [15]: struct.unpack('2h2b2s', b'Skaperen')
Out[15]: (27475, 28769, 101, 114, b'en')

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But you have to type-cast (for the lack of better word) strings for those to work