That worked just dandy. Thanks.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kent Johnson Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 1:03 PM Cc: tutor@python.org Subject: Re: [Tutor] Escape sequences David Heiser wrote: > I have code that assigns escape sequences to variables like > "self.resetString = '\03'". As long as they are hard coded in, > everything works fine. > > But I want to read the variable from a text/config file so my users > can override the defaults. In the file are a list of "parameter = > value" pairs like "resetString = \03". As the file is parsed, each > pair is stored in a dictionary; "parmeterDictionary[parameter] = > value". > > Then in the code, the value is assigned to the variable with a > statement like "self.resetString = parmeterDictionary['resetString']". > > Simple ASCII strings work fine, but the escape sequences don't work > and the code fails. "print self.resetString" returns "\\03", instead > of a nonprintable character. Use the 'string_escape' codec to decode the escaped strings: In [1]: s= '\\03' In [2]: s Out[2]: '\\03' In [3]: len(s) Out[3]: 3 In [4]: s.decode('string_escape') Out[4]: '\x03' In [5]: len(_) Out[5]: 1 Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
