Error with int()

[Magnus Lie Hetland]

"maxm" <maxmcorp at worldonline.dk> wrote in message
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> "Arturo Pérez Mulas" <arturo_perez at wanadoo.es> wrote in message
>
> > I am running python 2.1.1 under Windows XP BETA, and get the following
> > error:
> >
> > >>> int('a')
>
> You cannot make an int from a string that doesnt represent a legal number.

Perhaps ord() was what's needed?

>>> ord('a')
97

> regards Max M

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