on Wed, 04 Aug 2004 17:03:10 +1000 Ajay Brar <abra9823 at mail.usyd.edu.au> wrote: > how do i go about converting a Python object or tuple to a string. I guess the simplest is to use the built-in functions: str or repr str(object) if you just need a printable string repr(object) if you need to reconstruct later the original object from the string - Josef