convert char to int python code example

Example 1: python convert character to integer

>>> chr(97)
'a'
>>> ord('a')
97
>>> int('1')
1

Example 2: python convert string to int

# this is a string
a = "12345"
# use int() to convert to integer
b = int(a)

# if string cannot be converted to integer,
a = "This cannot be converted to an integer"
b = int(a)  # the interpreter raises ValueError

Example 3: int to char python

charNumber = chr(30)

Example 4: python: convert variable as character

df['myvar'] = df['myvar'].astype(str)