int to string conversion: newbie question

[Alex Martelli]

Neal Norwitz wrote:

> On Sat, 22 Mar 2003 14:16:59 -0500, Kristofer Wouk wrote:
> 
>>     I know I'm dumb, but I can't figure this out. How do I convert from
>>     an int to a string?
> 
> Take your pick:
> 
> >>> '%s' % 53
> '53'
> >>> str(53)
> '53'
> >>> '%d' % 53
> '53'

These are the best ways, but, just for fun, assuming the int is referred to 
by variable name x, let's add `x` (note the back-quotes) and repr(x) and of 
course, last but not least...:

def whyBeSimpleIfYouCanBeComplicated(x, base=10):
    if not x: return '0'
    zero = ord('0')
    digits = []
    while x:
        x, dig = divmod(x, base)
        digits.append( chr( zero + dig ) )
    digits.reverse()
    return ''.join(digits)

and the ever-popular recursive version:

def weirderThanThou(x, base=10):
    zero = ord('0')
    def recu(x):
        if not x: return ''
        x, dig = divmod(x, base)
        return recu(x) + chr(zero+dig)
    return recu(x) or '0'


[Note for the unwary: recreational value only!!!]


Alex