python strings

[Sion Arrowsmith]

Bryan  <belred at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> s = '\x00'
> >>> s[0] == chr(0)
>True

That's a little excessive when:

>>> s = '\0'
>>> s[0] == chr(0)
True

Oh, and to reassure the OP that that null really is *in* the string:

>>> len(s)
1

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