unsigned integer?

[Jack]

Thanks for all the replies. Because I want to convert an int,
Dan's function actually does it well.

"Jack" <nospam at invalid.com> wrote in message 
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> This is a naive question:
>
> "%u" % -3
>
> I expect it to print 3. But it still print -3.
>
> Also, if I have an int, I can convert it to unsigned int in C:
>   int i = -3;
>   int ui = (unsigned int)i;
>
> Is there a way to do this in Python?
>