Convert a hex serial output into a normal integer

Question

arduino putting out a hexadecimal, want to convert into a integer....

Answer 1

Just use int()
int(0xffffff) = 16777215

Answer 2

@Nathan what is the output format then?

Answer 3

What I meant was the exact format of a given string. Could you write what is the output of print(data)?

Answer 4

my current output is this: data = str(int ser.serial_readline(), 16) because the arduino converts an int before it sends it, I need to convert it back to an int to compare the 2 sets of data

Answer 5

@Kuba the arduino sends a number convets to hex, and sends via usb. the script stores it as an integer, ie the numbers are not the same as script is displaying hexadecimal numbers.
I would like to convert it back to an integer so I can compare notes.
from what I can see is that the script reads the serial, and puts it in a string,
here is the fetching code.
data = str(int ser.serial_readline(), 16)
so if I change the int to hex it does not communicate, what I can see is that the number becomes an integer and displayed in a string, but the current integer is set to the converted hex number, now I would like to convert it back to the original integer.