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diff --git a/Doc/faq/programming.rst b/Doc/faq/programming.rst index d514a80..9f49ba8 100644 --- a/Doc/faq/programming.rst +++ b/Doc/faq/programming.rst @@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ By default, these interpret the number as decimal, so that ``int('0144') == 144`` and ``int('0x144')`` raises :exc:`ValueError`. ``int(string, base)`` takes the base to convert from as a second optional argument, so ``int('0x144', 16) == 324``. If the base is specified as 0, the number is interpreted using Python's -rules: a leading '0' indicates octal, and '0x' indicates a hex number. +rules: a leading '0o' indicates octal, and '0x' indicates a hex number. Do not use the built-in function :func:`eval` if all you need is to convert strings to numbers. :func:`eval` will be significantly slower and it presents a |