reading a file...

[Sandeep Avinash Gohad]

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Hello

I opened a file in a read mode

a=open('c:/a.bd4', 'r')
print a
a.read()

(This .bd4 format is not known for me.)
This gives the following output :

'\x08\x00BDF\x00\xef\xcb\x830\x8d\xa1\x07\x00\xf5\x00B1\x00\x003B\xf4\x01\x00\x00U\x0f\x04\x00SUF\x00\xef\xcb\x830\xf6\xa2\x07\x00!\x00B1\xcd\xac\x8eC\x9d\x1c\x00\x00\x8c\x00&\x00SDF\x00\xef\xcb\x830\xfd\xa2\x07\x00@\x00B133\x97A\x16\r\x00\x00[]\x07\x00SUF\x00\xef\xcb\x830\n\xa3\x07\x00A\x00B1\xcd\xccvD\x8c\x00\x00\x009\xec\x00\x00SDF\x00\xef\xcb\x830\x0f\xa3\x07\x00J\x00B1\xcd\xcc\x83B\xf4\x01\x00\x00\xe6h\x01\x00BUF\x00\xf0\xcb\x830\x14\xa3\x07\x00\x9e\x01B1\x9a\x99IA>\x05\x00\x00\xf5\'\t\x00SDF\x00\xf0\xcb\x830(\xa3\x07\x00\x18\x00B1f\xa6\xd5Cx\x00\x00\x00\xd1@\x03\x00SDF\x00\xf0\xcb\x830C\xa3\x07\x00L\x00B1\xcdL\xb1C0\x01\x00\x00\xa6\xd2\x02\x00SDF\x00\xf0\xcb\x830\x8c\xa3\x07\x00t\x00B1\x00\x00(C?\x07\x00\x00\xd0B\x04\x00BDF\x00\xf0\xcb\x830\x96\xa3\x07\x00G\x01B1\x00\x00\xc8A\xb6\x03\x00\x00\xce\xa1\x0b\x00BUF\x00\xf0\xcb\x830\x94\xa1\x07\x00K\x00B1f\xe

so i can not read that file,according to me the data is in the hexadecimal format
please tell me how to read this data and convert it into long datatype
and then copy the data and save it into .csv file.

please guide me...

Regards
sandeep


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