> >>> import string > >>> string.atoi("0xab", 0) > 171 > > or in 1.6: > > >>> int("0xab", 0) > 171 or (probably available since v1.0): >>> eval("0xab") 171 #include <UsualEvalWarnings.h> ----------------------------------------------------------------- Adrian Eyre <a.eyre at optichrome.com> - http://www.optichrome.com