IEEE 754 float representation of a number

[tommys]

sismex01 at hebmex.com wrote in message news:<mailman.1039445771.31848.python-list at python.org>...
> > From: bob_tommy at hotmail.com [mailto:bob_tommy at hotmail.com]
> > Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 8:39 AM
> > 
> > hmmm. Expected the line 
> > struct.pack('>f',3.04) to return these four bytes:
> > 
> > '\x40\x42\x8f\x5c' (IEEE 754 format)
> > 
> > but instead 
> > 
> > '@B\x8f\\' was returned.
> > 
> > What have I missed here??? 
> > Very grateful for any help!
> >
> 
> Well, nothing wrong happened! Look here:
> 
> >>> '\x40\x42\x8f\x5c'
>  '@B\x8f\\'
> >>> 
> 
> So, '\x40' == '@'
>     '\x42' == 'B'
>     '\x5c' == '\\'
> 
> -gus

Thanks for using your valuable time helping a python beginner!!
Just a little embarrassed that I did not see that. Like not finding my
glasses when they were.... at my head.. :-/