Octal number problem

[Chad Netzer]

On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 18:45, Gary Duncan wrote:

> Thanks Raymond - the secret is the quotes, as I've just noted
> in a test.

> int (0100) yields 64, whereas as you point out
> 
> int ("0100") yields 100.

You can make int() raise an exception when converting an octal literal
(rather than a string), by giving an explicit base conversion parameter.

ie.:

>>> int('010', 10)
10

vs.

>>> int(010, 10)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
TypeError: int() can't convert non-string with explicit base

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