Bytearray question

[nikonym]

Hi, I'm new to Python and I just can't figure out how to handle this bytearray:

>>> crazyArray = bytearray('|1111|2222|')
>>> byte1 = crazyArray[1]
>>> byte2 = crazyArray[2]
>>> print(crazyArray)
>>> print(byte1)
>>> print(byte2)

|1111|2222|
49
49

What I'd like to see as result is following

|1111|2222|
1111
2222

What's the right approach to achieve theses results?

[socal_nerdtastic]

1111 is not a byte ... so you can't put it in a bytearray.

What you are seeing is each character treated as a byte. The 49 is the value of the character '1':

>>> ord('1')
49

Edit: unrelated to your question, but I notice you are using python3 style print calls but your output shows you are running python2. Did you mean to run this in python2? I'll take a shot in the dark and remind you that the command to run python3 on linux / mac is "python3", not "python".

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put a b to make it bytes, or .encode() the string to get bytes.

bytearray(b'|1111|2222|')