Convert Unicode data to int in python
int(limit) returns the value converted into an integer, and doesn't change it in place as you call the function (which is what you are expecting it to).
Do this instead:
limit = int(limit)Or when definiting limit:
if 'limit' in user_data : limit = int(user_data['limit'])
In python, integers and strings are immutable and are passed by value. You cannot pass a string, or integer, to a function and expect the argument to be modified.
So to convert string limit="100" to a number, you need to do
limit = int(limit) # will return new object (integer) and assign to "limit"If you really want to go around it, you can use a list. Lists are mutable in python; when you pass a list, you pass it's reference, not copy. So you could do:
def int_in_place(mutable): mutable[0] = int(mutable[0])mutable = ["1000"]int_in_place(mutable)# now mutable is a list with a single integerBut you should not need it really. (maybe sometimes when you work with recursions and need to pass some mutable state).