>>> help(int) Help on classintin module __builtin__: classint(object) | int(x[, base]) -> integer | | Convert a string or number to an integer, if possible. A floating point | argument will be truncated towards zero (this does not include a string | representation of a floating point number!) When converting a string, use | the optional base. It is an error to supply a base when converting a | non-string. If base is zero, the proper base is guessed based on the | string content. If the argument is outside the integer range a | long object will be returned instead.