Convert Python string to its ASCII representants

Question

How do I convert a string in Python to its ASCII hex representants?

Example: I want to result '\x00\x1b\xd4}\xa4\xf3\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00' in 001bd47da4f3.

Answer 1

>>> text = '\x00\x1b\xd4}\xa4\xf3\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00'.rstrip('\0')
>>> print "".join("%02x" % ord(c) for c in text)
001bd47da4f3

As per martineau's comment, here is the Python 3 way:

>>> "".join(format(ord(c),"02x") for c in text)