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Reputation:

How to convince python that an int type is actually a hex type?

I have been given a hex value that is being treated as an int by python. I need to get this value treated as hex without changing the value. I tried using data = hex(int(data, 16)) but this makes my data a string. Is there a way to change an int to a hex without actually changing the representation?

Ex: data = 9663676416, type(data) = int I want: data = 0x9663676416, type(data) = hex

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1775

Answers (1)

Joran Beasley
Joran Beasley

Reputation: 114038

x = int(str(9663676416),16)
print x
print hex(x)

as mentioned in the comments what you have is a number .... all you do is mess with the representation ...

if you want type(x) == hex you will need to do something else (tbh im not sure what ... you can certainly do stuff like isinstance(x,hexNumber)

class hexNumber:
   def __init__(self,x):
      if isinstance(x,str):
         self.val = int(x,16)
      elif isinstance(x,int):
         self.val = int(str(x),16)
   def __str__(self):
          return hex(self.val)

y = hexNumber(12345)
print "%s"%y
print isinstance(y,hexNumber)

y = hexNumber("1234abc")
print "%s"%y
print isinstance(y,hexNumber)

Upvotes: 3

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