python strings

[Gerhard Häring]

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mike7411 at gmail.com wrote:
> Is it possible for python strings to contain a zero byte?

Yes. Here's how to produce one:

gerhard at lara:~$ python
Python 2.4.2 (#2, Sep 30 2005, 21:19:01)
[GCC 4.0.2 20050808 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.0.1-4ubuntu8)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> s = "\x000"
>>> s[0] == chr(0)
True
>>>

- -- Gerhard
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