What is the inverse of str(b'foo\x00bar')?

Asked May 28 '20 at 21:41

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I have a byte-string e.g. b'foo\x00bar' which was serialized into a string-string with str() e.g. str(b'foo\x00bar') resulting in "b'foo\\x00bar'". How do I get the original byte-string?

So, given "b'foo\\x00bar'" how do I get b'foo\x00bar'?

edited May 28 '20 at 21:52

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`ast.literal_eval`? – jonrsharpe May 28 '20 at 21:46
@jonrsharpe that looks right, i get the correct result with `ast.literal_eval("b'foo\\x00bar'")`. Will you post that as an answer so i can upvote it? – Justas May 28 '20 at 21:50
ast.literal_eval is working with more complex examples as well – Justas May 28 '20 at 21:52
good find, thank you @jonrsharpe – Justas May 28 '20 at 21:54

What is the inverse of str(b'foo\x00bar')?

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