python encode和decode的妙用

"hello".encode("hex")
'68656c6c6f'

相应的还可以

'68656c6c6f'.decode("hex")
'hello'

查了一下手册，还有这些codec可用

Codec

Aliases

Operand type

Purpose

base64_codec base64, base-64 byte string Convert operand to MIME base64

bz2_codec bz2 byte string Compress the operand using bz2

hex_codec hex byte string Convert operand to hexadecimal representation, with two digits per byte

idna

Unicode string Implements RFC 3490. New in version 2.3. See also encodings.idna

mbcs dbcs Unicode string Windows only: Encode operand according to the ANSI codepage (CP_ACP)

palmos

Unicode string Encoding of PalmOS 3.5

punycode

Unicode string Implements RFC 3492. New in version 2.3.

quopri_codec quopri, quoted-printable, quotedprintable byte string Convert operand to MIME quoted printable

raw_unicode_escape

Unicode string Produce a string that is suitable as raw Unicode literal in python source code

rot_13 rot13 Unicode string Returns the Caesar-cypher encryption of the operand

string_escape

byte string Produce a string that is suitable as string literal in python source code

undefined

any Raise an exception for all conversions. Can be used as the system encoding if no automatic coercion between byte and Unicode strings is desired.

unicode_escape

Unicode string Produce a string that is suitable as Unicode literal in python source code

unicode_internal

Unicode string Return the internal representation of the operand

uu_codec uu byte string Convert the operand using uuencode

zlib_codec zip, zlib byte string Compress the operand using gzip