This makes perfect sense. "A" cannot be converted to an integer - unless you specify a base, e.g. 16 to treat this as a hex digit.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Davy Mitchell Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 2:46 PM To: Discussion of IronPython Subject: [IronPython] System.Convert Problem Hi Folks, I am trying to get the following to work: print Convert.ToInt32('A') An error is thrown complaining: Input string was not in a correct format. Full stack trace below. Have a great weekend! Thanks, Davy Mitchell Mood News - BBC News Headlines Auto-Classified as Good, Bad or Neutral. http://www.latedecember.com/sites/moodnews/ See the end of this message for details on invoking just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box. ************** Exception Text ************** System.FormatException: Input string was not in a correct format. at IronPython.Runtime.BuiltinFunction.Invoke(MethodBinding binding) at IronPython.Runtime.ReflectedMethodBase.TryCallWorker(Object[] args, Object& ret) at IronPython.Runtime.ReflectedMethodBase.Call(Object[] args) at IronPython.Runtime.ReflectedMethodBase.Call(ICallerContext context, Object[] args) at IronPython.Runtime.ReflectedMethodBase.Call(ICallerContext context, Object arg0) at IronPython.Runtime.Ops.CallWithContext(ICallerContext context, Object func, Object arg0) at __main__.ASC_click$f0(Object f, Object a) in K:\Dev\IP\wfdemo.py:line 61 at IronPython.Runtime.Function2.Call(Object arg0, Object arg1) at IronPython.Runtime.Function2.Call(Object[] args) at IronPython.Runtime.Ops.Call(Object func, Object[] args) at IronPython.Runtime.ReflectedEvent.EventDispatcher.Call(Object[] args) at IronPython.Runtime.Ops.Call(Object func, Object arg0, Object arg1) at System.EventHandler##92(Object , Object , EventArgs ) at System.EventHandler.Invoke(Object sender, EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam) ************** Loaded Assemblies ************** mscorlib Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll ---------------------------------------- IronPythonConsole Assembly Version: 1.0.2258.21879 Win32 Version: 1.0.2258.21879 CodeBase: file:///C:/ip/IronPython-1.0-Beta4/IronPythonConsole.exe ---------------------------------------- IronPython Assembly Version: 1.0.2258.21878 Win32 Version: 1.0.2258.21878 CodeBase: file:///C:/ip/IronPython-1.0-Beta4/IronPython.DLL ---------------------------------------- snippets Assembly Version: 0.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 1.0.2258.21878 CodeBase: file:///C:/ip/IronPython-1.0-Beta4/IronPython.dll ---------------------------------------- IronMath Assembly Version: 1.0.2258.21878 Win32 Version: 1.0.2258.21878 CodeBase: file:///C:/ip/IronPython-1.0-Beta4/IronMath.DLL ---------------------------------------- System Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/Sy stem.dll ---------------------------------------- System.Configuration Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/2.0.0.0__b03f5 f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll ---------------------------------------- System.Xml Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e08 9/System.Xml.dll ---------------------------------------- site Assembly Version: 0.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 1.0.2258.21878 CodeBase: file:///C:/ip/IronPython-1.0-Beta4/IronPython.dll ---------------------------------------- ISymWrapper Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_32/ISymWrapper/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a /ISymWrapper.dll ---------------------------------------- wfdemo Assembly Version: 0.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 1.0.2258.21878 CodeBase: file:///C:/ip/IronPython-1.0-Beta4/IronPython.dll ---------------------------------------- System.Windows.Forms Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5 c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll ---------------------------------------- System.Drawing Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d 50a3a/System.Drawing.dll ---------------------------------------- Accessibility Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Accessibility/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d5 0a3a/Accessibility.dll 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