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<P><FONT SIZE=2>[Rick Holbert]</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>#- > Given the character string "0x00A1B2C3" arriving at </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>#- sys.argv[1] how do I</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>#- > convert that to an integer which I can do some math on?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>#- </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>#- i = eval(sys.argv[1])</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>This is *DANGEROUS*.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Never do that.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>You're executing something that you get from the exterior without control! Just think what happens if a pass to the program</FONT></P>
<P> <FONT SIZE=2>"import os;os.remove('/')"</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>. Facundo</FONT>
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