Micropython strings

Question

Using Micropython sockets I received a message which contained the following string:

b'xxx/yyy'

I don't know how the "b" got there, or what it is !!!

I can also enter this using an input statement

    x = input('Enter:')
>>> b'xxx/yyy'
    print(x)
>>> b'xxx/yyy'
    print (len(x))
>>> 7
    L = []
    L = x.split('/')
>>> TypeError: can't convert 'str' object to str implicitly

There must be a simple explanation to this, but I can not see it.

Is this some new type of variable ???

The b before the string shows that it is a byte string. stackoverflow.com/questions/6224052/… — Gary Bake
– Gary Bake, Commented Jan 14, 2017 at 8:36
Possible duplicate of What does a b prefix before a python string mean? — larsks
– larsks, Commented Nov 11, 2017 at 22:41

RLN · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-18 12:03:18Z

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It states that it is a utf-8 decoded string enclosed in a bytearray!!

answered Mar 18, 2019 at 12:03

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Tikky · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-07 17:01:23Z

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You need to convert this value. So instead of:

print(x)

try

print(x.decode('utf-8'))

answered Jan 7, 2020 at 17:01

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