python convert day to date integer

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I see option converting date Jan 22 2016 to day Monday as a integer 0 using weekday().
But can I convert day as input to integer.
e.g. Friday to 4 .
Input is not a date, it's just a day e.g. Friday

Possible duplicate of [How to convert datetime to integer in python](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28154066/how-to-convert-datetime-to-integer-in-python) — Nazim Kerimbekov, Feb 11 '19 at 21:56
Possible duplicate of [Weekday as String to number](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34216472/weekday-as-string-to-number) — chickity china chinese chicken, Feb 11 '19 at 22:07

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 11 '19 at 21:57

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IIUC, you need

>>> import calendar
>>> list(calendar.day_name)
['Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday', 'Friday', 'Saturday', 'Sunday']

Having this list you can easily find index or build dict from it

answered Feb 11 '19 at 21:57

Slam

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mad_ · Answer 2 · 2019-02-11T22:00:15.170

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There is a friendly calendar module

import calendar
dict(zip(calendar.day_name,range(7)))['Monday'] #0

edited Feb 11 '19 at 22:00

answered Feb 11 '19 at 21:58

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Shouldn't it be `range(1,8)` ? – Learning is a mess Feb 11 '19 at 21:59
@Learningisamess Yup. Corrected. Thanks – mad_ Feb 11 '19 at 22:00

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