Error evaluating numbers starting in zero

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Python, like most languages interpret a number starting with 0 as a octal
(and 0x as a hexadecimal). 08 doesn't exists in octal (8=010 in octal).
Because this you should use int("08") and not eval("") OR
 eval("010")-->8
 int("08")-->8


Janko Hauser escribió:

> "Richard P. Muller" <rpm at wag.caltech.edu> writes:
>
> > "01/08/99", python runs into an error when it tries to eval("08").
> >
> The use of int("08") may help
>
> HTH,
> __Janko
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