Change ASCII to characters in string

Question

i'm trying to convert ASCII values in string to normal characters, but whatever i'll try to do, i'll get output like

this\032is\032my\032\output\000

and I need

this is my output

Thanks for your help!

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– Jongware, Commented Apr 15, 2018 at 18:37

Brykyz · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-15 18:06:15Z

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I solved it with

import re
def replace(match):
    return chr(int(match.group(1)))
aux = str(element.text)
regex = re.compile(r"\\(\d{1,3})")
new = regex.sub(replace, aux)

where element.text is string i need to convert

answered Apr 15, 2018 at 18:06

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Ryan Haining · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-15 18:01:14Z

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\032 is octal for the decimal number 26, so it is not in fact a space character, if you use a hex value with the correct number, you should get what you want. 0x20 == 32 below

>>> s = 'this\x20is\x20my\x20\output\00'
>>> print(s)
this is my \output

answered Apr 15, 2018 at 18:01

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Brykyz Over a year ago

I know, but I have to do it with decimal number

Ryan Haining Over a year ago

@Brykyz why? Are you getting numbers from user input that you are trying to convert?

Brykyz Over a year ago

Because it's school assignment

Ryan Haining Over a year ago

this is a very strange assignment if the strings actually have \032 in them since that already means something to python

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