strings with moreover of one million of characters

[R Hughes]

Just jumping in here with a possible interpretation of the original question
as referring to a string with one million digits eg :
"123410004352-------------------87690"   1 million digits long
I think the original question was whether this could be evaluated
by int()

"Delaney, Timothy C (Timothy)" <tdelaney at avaya.com> wrote in message
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> From: José Carlos
>
> Is possible use strings with moreover of one million of characters?

Yes. If you have enough memory, which shouldn't be a problem.

> I try using int() but the program keep blocked.

This is a completely separate issue. Presumably you are trying to convert a
string which specifies a *very* large integer into a python long (which in
2.3 is done automatically by int).

If you wait a very long time, and you have enough memory, then this should
work. But it will take a *very* long time.

After you've done that, try multiplying or dividing by another very large
number ...

Tim Delaney