On Jul 21, 11:53 am, Thomas Jollans <t...@jollybox.de> wrote: > On 21/07/11 11:31, Frank Millman wrote: > > > Hi all > > > I want to convert '165.0' to an integer. > > Well, it's not an integer. What does your data look like? How do you > wish to convert it to int? Do they all represent decimal numbers? If so, > how do you want to round them? What if you get '165.xyz' as input? > Should that raise an exception? Should it evaluate to 165? Should it use > base 36? > > > 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? > > What's wrong with this? It's relatively concise, and it shows exactly > what you're trying to do.
I am processing an xml file from a third party, and it is full of co- ordinates in the form 'x="165.0" y="229.0"'. I don't mind using int(float(x)), I just wondered if there was a shorter alternative. If there is an alternative, I will be happy for it to raise an exception if the fractional part is not 0. Thanks Frank -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
