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Why int() cannot pass a string representation of a float into int? - majorjohnusa - Jul-09-2020
Dear all,
I have a rookie question.
In the following codes, we know that the second one will result in a ValueError, because the "int()" command cannot pass a string representation of a float into int. But why "float()" can do the opposite? Why "float()" can pass a string representation of an integer into float, when int() cannot pass a string of float into integer?
print (int("4"))
print (int("4.1"))
print (float("4"))
print (float("4.1"))I know how to solve it by converting the string representation of a float into float first: print (int(float("4.1"))), but I am just curious why. Many thanks in advance!
RE: Why int() cannot pass a string representation of a float into int? - Knight18 - Jul-09-2020
Because float will convert "4" to 4.0, which is a float. On the other hand, you simply can't have an integer with a value of 4.1, hence it fails.
You could try stuff like rounding off or truncating before passing a float value to the int() function.