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diff --git a/Doc/faq/programming.rst b/Doc/faq/programming.rst index ef80808..12b70db 100644 --- a/Doc/faq/programming.rst +++ b/Doc/faq/programming.rst @@ -836,6 +836,27 @@ ago? ``-190 % 12 == 2`` is useful; ``-190 % 12 == -10`` is a bug waiting to bite. +How do I get int literal attribute instead of SyntaxError? +---------------------------------------------------------- + +Trying to lookup an ``int`` literal attribute in the normal manner gives +a syntax error because the period is seen as a decimal point:: + + >>> 1.__class__ + File "<stdin>", line 1 + 1.__class__ + ^ + SyntaxError: invalid decimal literal + +The solution is to separate the literal from the period +with either a space or parentheses. + + >>> 1 .__class__ + <class 'int'> + >>> (1).__class__ + <class 'int'> + + How do I convert a string to a number? -------------------------------------- |