Re: computing with characters


"Lutz Horn" <lutz.georg.horn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schreef in bericht news:mailman.360.1209537877.12834.python-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi,

2008/4/30 Gary Herron <gherron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
SL wrote:
> How can I compute with the integer values of characters in python?
> Like 'a' + 1 equals 'b' etc

You can get an integer value from a character with the ord() function.

So just for completion, the solution is:

chr(ord('a') + 1)
'b'

thanks :) I'm a beginner and I was expecting this to be a member of string so I couldnt find it anywhere in the docs.

.

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