Sometimes, we need to perform conversion between the built-in types. To convert between types, you simply use the type name as a function.
There are several built-in functions to perform conversion from one data type to another. These functions return a new object representing the converted value.
| S. No. | Function & Description |
|---|---|
| 1. | int(x [,base]) Converts x to an integer. base specifies the base if x is a string. |
| 2. | long(x [,base]) Converts x to a long integer, base specifies the base if x is a string. |
| 3. | float(x) Converts x to a floating point number. |
| 4. | complex(real[,imag]) Creates a complex number. |
| 5. | str(x) Converts object x to a string representation. |
| 6. | repr(x) Converts object x to an expression string. |
| 7. | eval(str) Evaluates a string and returns an object. |
| 8. | tuple(s) Convert s to a tuple. |
| 9. | list(s) Convert s to a list. |
| 10. | set(s) Converts s to a set. |
| 11. | dict(s) Creates a dictionary. s must be a sequence of (key, value) tuples. |
| 12. | frozenset(s) Converts s to a frozen set. |
| 13. | chr(x) Converts an integer to a character. |
| 14. | unichr(x) Converts an integer to a Unicode character. |
| 15. | ord(x) Converts a single character to its integer value. |
| 16. | hex(x) Converts an integer to a hexadecimal string. |
| 17. | oct(x) Converts an integer to an octal string. |