[Tutor] Decoding from strange symbols

[Alan Gauld]

"Oleg Oltar" <oltarasenko at gmail.com> wrote 
> I am trying to decode a string I took from file:
> 
> file = open ("./Downloads/lamp-post.csv", 'r')

I assume you know what its supposed to represent? 
What the columns etc are intended to be? 
Otherwise it will be a challenge!

There is a section here that looks like the months of the year 
(English) in reverse:


\x00S\x00e\x00a\x00r\x00c\x00h\x00e\x00s\x00\t\x00D\x00e\x00c\x00
\x002\x000\x001\x000\x00\t\x00N\x00o\x00v\x00
\x002\x000\x001\x000\x00\t\x00O\x00c\x00t\x00
\x002\x000\x001\x000\x00\t\x00S\x00e\x00p\x00
\x002\x000\x001\x000\x00\t\x00A\x00u\x00g\x00
\x002\x000\x001\x000\x00\t\x00J\x00u\x00l\x00
\x002\x000\x001\x000\x00\t\x00J\x00u\x00n\x00
\x002\x000\x001\x000\x00\t\x00M\x00a\x00y\x00
\x002\x000\x001\x000\x00\t\x00A\x00p\x00r\x00
\x002\x000\x001\x000\x00\t\x00M\x00a\x00r\x00
\x002\x000\x001\x000\x00\t\x00F\x00e\x00b\x00
\x002\x000\x001\x000\x00\t\x00J\x00a\x00n\x00

Otherwise its all a bit arbitrary...

HTH,


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Alan Gauld
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