[Tutor] String to integer?
Adam
adam at monkeez.org
Wed Sep 1 19:49:48 CEST 2004
Blake Winton wrote:
> adam wrote:
>
>> What's the easiest way of creating an integer which is based on a
>> value of
>> a letter? I really don't mind if it was based on the ascii code, or
>> another equivalent.
>
>
> >>> ord('a')
> 97
> >>> chr(97)
> 'a'
> >>> ord('ab')
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> TypeError: ord() expected a character, but string of length 2 found
>
> (Putting on my user-hat for a second, you _really_ want 26 buttons on a
> single form?!? That's probably going to be confusing to look at. Is
> there another way you could get the user's input?)
>
> Later,
> Blake.
Blake,
As this is an application designed to teach kids the alphabet, then yes,
putting 26 buttons on the screen is pretty desirable.
Adam
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