configobj.Section.as_int

Section.as_int(key)

A convenience method which coerces the specified value to an integer.

If the value is an invalid literal for int, a ValueError will be raised.

>>> a = ConfigObj()
>>> a['a'] = 'fish'
>>> a.as_int('a')
Traceback (most recent call last):
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'fish'
>>> a['b'] = '1'
>>> a.as_int('b')
1
>>> a['b'] = '3.2'
>>> a.as_int('b')
Traceback (most recent call last):
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '3.2'