convert string rep of hexadecimal into actual hexadecimal

Question

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how to parse hex or decimal int in Python

i have a bunch of Hexadecimal colors in a database stored as strings.

e.g. '0xFFFF00'

when i get them from the database i need to convert this string into an actual hexadecimal number, so

0xFFFF00

how can i do this in python

Answer 1

This is one way to do it:

>>> s = '0xFFFF00'
>>> i = int(s, 16)
>>> print i

Answer 2

hex(int('0xFFFF00', 16))

Answer 3

Also this works

number = int('0xFFFF00',0)
print("%x follows %x" % (number+1, number))

0 argument tells interpreter to follow the Python rules of numbers to decide the used format of number so this expression will work right for all numbers.