Type casting in Python?

I'm not even sure if type casting is how it's referred to in Python, but here goes.

I am passing some arguments to a program (wmsetbg) and would like to pass a number denoting which desktop I want to be affected (wmsetbg sets the desktop background for Windowmaker). Something like "wmsetbg -w 6 image.jpg" will set the background only for desktop 6.

That said, I tried this....



Now I should've known better, but PHP has seriously spoiled me. This results in a type error as dtop is an integer and I'm tyring to concat it in a string.

So I'm curious how to convert dtop to a string with Python. I've spent the last two hours searching python.org and am not having any luck.

Cheers,
BDKR

Just use string formatting there:

Yeah type-castings the right word or at least its what i call it. Anyway this is what you need and very easy in Python!

string = str(), list = list(), tuple = tuple(), dictionary = dict()

Note: these calls act differently depending on what type is passed in. Play around with them in the Python shell a little, i'm sure you'll figure out what does what

And thats about it for the basic types, however there are others like unicode() if you need them .

Mark.

Thanx a million! I'm going to have to spend some time with the string formatting stuff in Python.

As for ...



...that makes all the sense in the world. In the script in question, I am allready using list().

Thanx again,
BDKR

Note: you generally don't actually use those constructor functions. String formatting is generally accepted as the most efficient way of interpolating variables of any type into strings.

OK. Message recieved. Besides, it looks familiar from C anyways.

Cheers,
BDKR