Newbie Question

[Fredrik Lundh]

Chris... <sca at isogmbh.de> wrote:
> I've never heard of an 'atoi' function, but there exists 'int()' that
> converts its argument (string or number) to a plain integer.

atoi is in the string module, together with atof and atol:

http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-string.html

(they're similar to their builtin counterparts, but atoi
and atol can also be used with non-decimal numbers)

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