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I have two variables of the class bytes in python3.

print(string1) --> b'2900BCE03604093C000080'
print(bytes.fromhex(string1.decode('utf8'))) --> b')\x00\xbc\xe06\x04\t<\x00\x00\x80'

print(type(string1)) --> <class 'bytes'>
print(type(bytes.fromhex(string1.decode('utf8')))) --> <class 'bytes'>

The strange values in the second output are there because of ascii interpretation of some hex-values.

My Question is how to convert the string1 more easily to the output of the second line. Is there a better way?

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    Maybe this is a duplication but I was confused by the other answer. A 'normal' string has been used as input in the other discussion and here the author uses a b'..' style 'string'. Please note, I am confused and may not use the proper wording. Corrections regarding this welcom. Commented Sep 26, 2018 at 8:36

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You can use binascii.a2b_hex() function to get the hexadecimal representation of the binary data:

In [5]: binascii.a2b_hex(s)
Out[5]: b')\x00\xbc\xe06\x04\t<\x00\x00\x80'
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