How to convert an int to a hex string?

Question

I want to take an integer (that will be <= 255), to a hex string representation

e.g.: I want to pass in 65 and get out \'\\x41\', or

Answer 1

What about hex()?

hex(255)  # 0xff

If you really want to have \ in front you can do:

print '\\' + hex(255)[1:]