how convert "\\xd6\\xd0\\xb9\\xfa" into "\xd6\xd0\xb9\xfa"

[Peter Otten]

ygao wrote:

> in python
> dd = "\\xd6\\xd0\\xb9\\xfa"
> d =  "\xd6\xd0\xb9\xfa"
> but how to convert  one  to other ?

>>> "\\xd6\\xd0\\xb9\\xfa".decode("string-escape")
'\xd6\xd0\xb9\xfa'
>>> "\xd6\xd0\xb9\xfa".encode("string-escape")
'\\xd6\\xd0\\xb9\\xfa'

Peter