On Tue, 2012-01-31 at 07:33 +0200, Christian Witts wrote: > [...]o with > `type(y) == int`, and to get the ASCII value of a character you can use > `ord` like `ord('a') == 97`. And how to avoid your ValueError with a bad > conversion, do your type checking before hand.
isinstance ( y , int ) preferred? Violates EAFP obviously but... -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:russel.win...@ekiga.net 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: rus...@russel.org.uk London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder
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