newbie str to int

[Chris Barker]

James wrote:

> Perl
> $foo = '123abc' + 0;

Another reason why this is a very BAD idea:

>>> int("1230")
1230

just what you want.

>>> int("123O")
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
ValueError: invalid literal for int(): 123O

what when wrong here? well, depending on what font you are using, timay
be obvious: that last character is the letter, "oh" not the number,
zero. I am very glad that Python chatches this kin do f very non obvious
typo fpr me: what did the person typing that string in mean???


-Chris


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