Converting hex to char help

[Tim Chase]

> How can I convert a string "0x62" to int/hex without this problem?

The call to int() takes an optional parameter for the base:

 >>> print int.__doc__
int(x[, base]) -> integer

Convert a string or number to an integer, if possible.  A 
floating point argument will be truncated towards zero (this 
does not include a string representation of a floating point 
number!)  When converting a string, use the optional base. 
It is an error to supply a base when converting a 
non-string. If the argument is outside the integer range a 
long object will be returned instead.

 >>> int('0x62', 16)
98

-tkc