Skonieczny, Chris wrote: > YOU SHOULD REMOVE or CORRECT YOUR POST here: > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2007-February/427841.html > > It is not true - eg. try : > a='P' # P is ASCII , isn't it ? > b=int(a) > and what you will get ? An error !!! > > Or probably you yourself should - quote : > "You probably should go through the tutorial ASAP that is located here: > > http://docs.python.org/tut/ "
int() converts a strings that is a valid intenter. What you're looking for is ord(). In [1]: ord('d') Out[1]: 100 In [2]: a='P' In [3]: b=ord(a) In [4]: b Out[4]: 80 j -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list