Fix Python – hexadecimal string to byte array in python

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Asked By – Richard

I have a long Hex string that represents a series of values of different types. I wish to convert this Hex String into a byte array so that I can shift each value out and convert it into its proper data type.

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Suppose your hex string is something like

>>> hex_string = "deadbeef"

Convert it to a bytearray (Python 3 and 2.7):

>>> bytearray.fromhex(hex_string)
bytearray(b'\xde\xad\xbe\xef')

Convert it to a bytes object (Python 3):

>>> bytes.fromhex(hex_string)
b'\xde\xad\xbe\xef'

Note that bytes is an immutable version of bytearray.

Convert it to a string (Python ≤ 2.7):

>>> hex_data = hex_string.decode("hex")
>>> hex_data
"\xde\xad\xbe\xef"

This question is answered By – tzot

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