Problems with rgb data from png image- strange hex number form '\x00'

[nefelige]

Hello everyone!

I am trying to get the rgb values of each pixel from a png image i took with the phone camera. The code i am using is:

f= open("E:\\Images\\minic1.png", "rb")
f.seek(8+8+13+4)
chunk = []
while 1:
n = struct.unpack(">L", f.read(4))[0]
if n==0: break #'IEND' chunk
f.read(4)
chunk.append(f.read(n))
f.read(4)
f.close()
data = zlib.decompress("".join(chunk))

unfortunately, this leaves me with the array 'data', whose elements are meant to be hex number values but come out in the form '\x00', which confuses python and it won't let me manipulate it as a string/convert it to a decimal number. It can compare this type of number to each other correctly( i.e. it could correctly deduce that, for example, 'x\00'>'\xff'), but that's about it. I tried changing the '\' with a '0' but it won't let me. How do i overcome this?

Thank you in advance,

N

[AJ____92]

i know there is a sample script on how to read the data from a grayscale
it uses almost the same code that you do
i ll post it in ~ 16 hours if i find it :P

[AJ____92]

try this if you have already data:

new_data = []
for i in range(len(data)):
new_data.append(ord(data[i]))