In the python3 console: >>> a=18 >>> b='18' >>> str(a) == b True >>> int(b) == a True Now how to change a1,a2,a3 into b1,b2,b3 and vice versa? a1=0xf4 a2=0o36 a3=011 b1='0xf4' b2='0o36' b3='011' -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/attachments/20150119/1355a0af/attachment.html>