I love this solution. I tried something along this format, but I am new to all of the syntax. I have come a long way since I started and it is seeing code like this that is really helping me progress!

does .format just know to represent
b'\x17\xa5\xe3\xfd'
into integer form by default?

Thanks

like it!

because clean nativly solution!

Could you maybe hint on how is this magic with * called? I am trying to google it but cannot find. Update: found it (http://docs.python.org/dev/reference/expressions.html#calls)