Hi Chris, Thanks for your help. but i need to to convert the whole string to int.
heres my full code, ptid = 'item_01bom' so item_01bom is a field name in form, so i get its value, partintid = int(form[ptid]). # the value of form[ptid] is 'Screw plugg (91_10 - untitled)' Hence i get the error. hope i am clear now. - Sunny On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Chris Rebert <c...@rebertia.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 3:25 AM, lee <san82m...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have a value, > > > > partintid = int(Screw plugg (91_10 -> untitled)) > > > > but i get ValueError: invalid literal for int(): Screw plugg (91_10 - > >> untitled) > > any help? > > That is most certainly not your actual exact code, since it has a few > SyntaxErrors and thus Python would have bailed-out long before it ever > got the chance to raise ValueError. Please copy-and-paste the *actual > exact code* and exact error message. > Also, next time say what the desired output/behavior you're seeking is. > > That being said, if your code is (as I suspect) in actuality: > > partintid = int("Screw plugg (91_10 -> untitled)") > > then I would agree with int() and say that that string is nowhere > close to representing an integer (how precisely is "Screw" to be > interpreted as an integer, pray tell?); so what's so surprising about > getting an error when trying to convert it to one? > > I suspect you're trying to extract 91 or 10 from the string. Use > string methods[1] to parse the desired numerical section out of the > string, and then pass the resulting numerical string to int(), which > will accept it without error and properly convert it. > > If you want more detailed help, please provide a specification of > typical input strings and desired output integers. > > [1]: http://docs.python.org/library/stdtypes.html#string-methods > > Regards, > Chris > -- > http://blog.rebertia.com > -- All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become. Regards, Sunny
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