Problems with conversion of values in strings to integers

[Erik Max Francis]

Jørgen Cederberg wrote:

>  >>> int('10.1')
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> ValueError: invalid literal for int(): 10.1
> 
> This is quite frustating. The only solution I can see is to do:
>  >>> int(float('10.1'))
> 10
> 
> Is this the only solution or are there any other way to do this?

That's probably the best way.  What Python is doing is right, in my
opinion; "10.1" is not an integer, so when trying to convert it to one,
you're getting an error.

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