Convert int to ASCII and back in Python
If multiple characters are bound inside a single integer/long, as was my issue:
s = '0123456789'nchars = len(s)# string to int or long. Type depends on ncharsx = sum(ord(s[byte])<<8*(nchars-byte-1) for byte in range(nchars))# int or long to string''.join(chr((x>>8*(nchars-byte-1))&0xFF) for byte in range(nchars))Yields '0123456789' and x = 227581098929683594426425L