I want to convert a string like this into an int: s = 'A0 00 00 00 63'. What's the easiest/best way to do that?
For example '20 01' should become 8193 (2 * 16^3 + 1 * 16^0 = 8193).
Use int() with either str.split():
In [31]: s='20 01' In [32]: int("".join(s.split()),16) Out[32]: 8193 or str.replace() and pass the base as 16:
In [34]: int(s.replace(" ",""),16) Out[34]: 8193 Here both split() and replace() are converting '20 01' into '2001':
In [35]: '20 01'.replace(" ","") Out[35]: '2001' In [36]: "".join('20 01'.split()) Out[36]: '2001'