get a list printed in hexadecimal notation

[Bengt Richter]

On 17 Jul 2002 17:01:10 GMT, bokr at oz.net (Bengt Richter) wrote:

>On Wed, 17 Jul 2002 12:07:55 +0200, Oliver Eichler <oliver.eichler at dspsolutions.de> wrote:
>
>>Hi
>>
>>Is it possible to print a mixed list with strings and numbers and having the 
>>numbers printed as hexadecimal notation?
>>
>>something like:
>>
>>>>>l = ('spam',10,15,'more spam')
>>>>>print l
>>('spam',0xA,0xF,'more spam')
>>
>>or similar...
>>
>>The only way I could think of is to write my own print function. Is there an 
>>easy way?
>>
> >>> def hexiseq(seq):
> ...     if isinstance(seq,int): return hex(seq)
> ...     if isinstance(seq,tuple): lb,rb = '(', ')'
> ...     elif isinstance(seq,list): lb,rb = '[', ']'
> ...     else: return repr(seq)
> ...     ret = []
> ...     for x in seq: ret.append(hexiseq(x))
> ...     return lb + ', '.join(ret) + rb
> ...
> >>> hexiseq(('spam',10,15,'more spam'))
> "('spam', 0xa, 0xf, 'more spam')"
> >>> hexiseq(('spam',10,15,'more spam',['nested',65535,'spam'],'spam',255))
> "('spam', 0xa, 0xf, 'more spam', ['nested', 0xffff, 'spam'], 'spam', 0xff)"
>
> >>> print hexiseq(('spam',10,15,'more spam'))
> ('spam', 0xa, 0xf, 'more spam')
> >>> print hexiseq(('spam',10,15,'more spam',['nested',65535,'spam'],'spam',255))
> ('spam', 0xa, 0xf, 'more spam', ['nested', 0xffff, 'spam'], 'spam', 0xff)
>
Or a little tighter:

 >>> def hexiseq(seq):
 ...     if isinstance(seq,int): return hex(seq)
 ...     if isinstance(seq,tuple): lb,rb = '(', ')'
 ...     elif isinstance(seq,list): lb,rb = '[', ']'
 ...     else: return repr(seq)
 ...     return lb + ', '.join(map(hexiseq,seq)) + rb

Regards,
Bengt Richter