On Jul 21, 11:47 am, Leo Jay <python.leo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 5:31 PM, Frank Millman <fr...@chagford.com> wrote: > > > Hi all > > > I want to convert '165.0' to an integer. > > > The obvious method does not work - > > >>>> x = '165.0' > >>>> int(x) > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > > ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '165.0' > > > If I convert to a float first, it does work - > > >>>> int(float(x)) > > > 165 > > > Is there a short cut, or must I do this every time (I have lots of them!) ? > > I know I can write a function to do this, but is there anything built-in? > > > Thanks > > > Frank Millman > > How about int(x[:-2])? > > -- > Best Regards, > Leo Jay- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
Nice idea, but it seems to be marginally slower[1] than int(float(x)), so I think I will stick with the latter. Frank [1] See separate thread on apparent inconsisteny in timeit timings. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
