[Python-3000-checkins] r62253 - python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/functions.rst
georg.brandl
python-3000-checkins at python.org
Wed Apr 9 20:45:15 CEST 2008
Author: georg.brandl
Date: Wed Apr 9 20:45:14 2008
New Revision: 62253
Modified:
python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/functions.rst
Log:
#2580: int() docs revision.
Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/functions.rst
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--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/functions.rst (original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/functions.rst Wed Apr 9 20:45:14 2008
@@ -556,18 +556,20 @@
to provide elaborate line editing and history features.
-.. function:: int([x[, radix]])
+.. function:: int([number | string[, radix]])
- Convert a string or number to an integer. If the argument is a string, it
- must contain a possibly signed number of arbitrary size, possibly embedded in
- whitespace. The *radix* parameter gives the base for the conversion (which
- is 10 by default) and may be any integer in the range [2, 36], or zero. If
- *radix* is zero, the interpretation is the same as for integer literals. If
- *radix* is specified and *x* is not a string, :exc:`TypeError` is raised.
- Otherwise, the argument may be another integer, a floating point number or
- any other object that has an :meth:`__int__` method. Conversion of floating
- point numbers to integers truncates (towards zero). If no arguments are
- given, returns ``0``.
+ Convert a number or string to an integer. If no arguments are given, return
+ ``0``. If a number is given, return ``number.__int__()``. Conversion of
+ floating point numbers to integers truncates towards zero. A string must be
+ a base-radix integer literal optionally preceded by '+' or '-' (with no space
+ in between) and optionally surrounded by whitespace. A base-n literal
+ consists of the digits 0 to n-1, with 'a' to 'z' (or 'A' to 'Z') having
+ values 10 to 35. The default radix is 10. The allowed values are 0 and 2-36.
+ Base-2, -8, and -16 literals can be optionally prefixed with ``0b``/``0B``,
+ ``0o``/``0O``, or ``0x``/``0X``, as with integer literals in code. Radix 0
+ means to interpret exactly as a code literal, so that the actual radix is 2,
+ 8, 10, or 16, and so that ``int('010', 0)`` is not legal, while
+ ``int('010')`` is, as well as ``int('010', 8)``.
The integer type is described in :ref:`typesnumeric`.
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