How to encrypt a string using Python?

Question

Python

Hello.
I need to encrypt some number using both Python and PyCrypto library. Wrote the following test script:

import hashlib
from Crypto.Cipher import AES

password = "catch"
key = hashlib.sha256(password).digest()
iv = 16 * '\x00'
mode = AES.MODE_CBC
some = 38
encryptor = AES.new(key, mode, iv)
print(some)
some = encryptor.encrypt(str(some) * 16)
print(some)

But when I run it, the output is:
38
ۼ5b v{/|[email protected]`l
The first line is fine for me, but the second is unexpected.
Screenshot attached:

Question: how to deal with this? Why is this happening?

Answer 1

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