[Tutor] [Python-Help] a number and control char stored in a single char. ! (fwd)

[Daniel Yoo]

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Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 22:27:13 -0700 (PDT)
From: kaha aham <wishleshak@yahoo.com>
To: help@python.org
Subject: [Python-Help] a number and control char stored in a single char.  !


hello,

I am running & capturing screen output of a command using os.popen
as helped by tuto@python.org ppl. However the value i capture which should 
be a number like something like 22345 is displayed as '22345\012'

I need to numerically compare this value later in program.
I tried slicing it to remove the last control char using var[:-1],
on which it prints []. I then trid using len(), it tells size as 1 char.
I tried printing just 1st char using var[0], and it shows '22345\012'

That's baffling me. How can it put all that number and control char in 1 char.
I currently can't post to tutor maillist as I did earlier. 

I tried int(var) and it says, object cant be converted to int.

Can you give a hint how do I resolve this and get the numeric out of it.


/psg



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