Python in a Nutshell

Name

int

Synopsis

int(x[,radix])

Converts any number, or a suitable string, to an int. When x is a number, int truncates toward 0, dropping any fractional part. radix may be present only when x is a string. radix is the conversion base, between 2 and 36, with 10 as the default. radix can be explicitly passed as 0: the base is then 8, 10, or 16, depending on the form of string x, just like for integer literals, as covered in Section 4.2.1.