How to convert Nonetype to int or string?

Question

I\'ve got an Nonetype value x, it\'s generally a number, but could be None. I want to divide it by a number, but Python raises:

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Answer 1

In some situations it is helpful to have a function to convert None to int zero:

def nz(value):

    '''
    Convert None to int zero else return value.
    '''

    if value == None:
        return 0
    return value