Published February 16, 2022

Python int() function

The int() method in Python returns the numeric integer equivalent of a specified expression. An integer can be returned from a given object using the Python int() method or converted from a specified base to decimal using the int().

Syntax

Int(string, base)

Where:
String comprises of 0’s and 1’s
Base refers to the integer value which represents the base of the number

Example

x = '10000'
print("10000 with base 2 = ", int(x, 2))
print("10000 with base 4 = ", int(x, 4))
print("10000 with base 8 = ", int(x, 8))
print("10000 with base 16 = ", int(x, 16))

Output

10000 with base 2 = 16
10000 with base 4 = 256
10000 with base 8 = 4096
10000 with base 16 = 65536