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[Alan Gauld]

Subject: Re: [Tutor] Hex to Str - still an open issue
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 10:29:07 -0000
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> >>> binary(2)
> '00000000000000000000000000000010'
> >>> int(00000000000000000000000000000010)
> 8

In Python (and most C based languages) a number starting 
with 0 is assumed to be in octal.

so 010 in octal is 8 in decimal.

Alan g.