How compare hex numbers?

[Erik Max Francis]

Gustaf Liljegren wrote:

> Python says U is bigger when U is in fact smaller. I've tried other
> ways to
> specify that '0x10000' is hexadecimal too, including:
> 
> if U < 0x10000:
> if U < '\x10000':
> if U < hex('0x10000'):
> 
> What is the right syntax?

If U is in fact a number, then the first is the proper syntax.  The
second is comparing it against a very confused four-character string,
and the third will result in a TypeError (hex is for converting numbers
to a hexadecimal string notation, it doesn't work with strings
themselves).

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