hex string to hex value

[tim]

mensanator at aol.com wrote:

>tim wrote:
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>>but then i get :
>>
>> >>> m
>>66
>> >>> n=int(hex(m))
>>Traceback (most recent call last):
>>  File "<interactive input>", line 1, in ?
>>ValueError: invalid literal for int(): 0x42
>> >>>
>>
>>what am I missing here ?
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>Avnit's solution was wrong. When converting a string, you
>must state what base you are converting from.
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>>>>int(hex(m),16)
>>>>        
>>>>
>66
>
>Fredrik Lundh's solution works if the hex string starts with "0x"
>(which it will when the string is created with the hex function).
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aren't you converting from a hex string to a decimal value here?