# Why parse(UInt8 and parse(Int8 get diffrent type?
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-parse-uint8-and-parse-int8-get-diffrent-type/33966
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [January 30, 2020, 7:39am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-parse-uint8-and-parse-int8-get-diffrent-type/33966 "2020-01-30T07:39:11Z")
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### Author:  [@programista](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/programista)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2020, 7:39am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-parse-uint8-and-parse-int8-get-diffrent-type/33966/1 "2020-01-30T07:39:11Z")
Julia 0.7
Why parse(UInt8 and parse(Int8 get diffrent type ?
```julia
julia> parse(UInt8,"255")
0xff
julia> parse(Int8,"127")
127
```
Paul
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### Author:  [@kristoffer.carlsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kristoffer.carlsson)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2020, 7:41am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-parse-uint8-and-parse-int8-get-diffrent-type/33966/2 "2020-01-30T07:41:25Z")
`parse(UInt8, "255")` gives you a `UInt8` while `parse(Int8, "127")` gives you an `Int8`. The first argument is to say what type you want to parse into.
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### Author:  [@programista](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/programista)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2020, 7:49am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-parse-uint8-and-parse-int8-get-diffrent-type/33966/3 "2020-01-30T07:49:25Z")
Yes, but why two diffrent types of reasult : hex and dec ?
```julia
0xff
127
```
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### Author:  [@kristoffer.carlsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kristoffer.carlsson)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2020, 7:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-parse-uint8-and-parse-int8-get-diffrent-type/33966/4 "2020-01-30T07:53:36Z")
You mean why they print differently? Unsigned integers print like that.
This was dicussed in e.g. [Change printing of Unsigned types to decimal base · Issue #30167 · JuliaLang/julia · GitHub](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/30167).
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### Author:  [@programista](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/programista)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2020, 8:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-parse-uint8-and-parse-int8-get-diffrent-type/33966/5 "2020-01-30T08:06:43Z")
In both samples like below I am expecting just 127 . Why are diffrent ?
```julia
julia> parse(Int8,"127")
127
julia> parse(UInt8,"127")
0x7f
```
Paul
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### Author:  [@mzaffalon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mzaffalon)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2020, 8:09am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-parse-uint8-and-parse-int8-get-diffrent-type/33966/6 "2020-01-30T08:09:25Z")
In the original post, you gave two different values to convert from, 127 and 255.
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### Author:  [@kristoffer.carlsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kristoffer.carlsson)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2020, 8:11am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-parse-uint8-and-parse-int8-get-diffrent-type/33966/7 "2020-01-30T08:11:30Z")
> [@programista](#):
>
> In both samples like below I am expecting just 127 . Why are diffrent ?
You mean why they print differently? Unsigned integers print like that (in hexadecimal). It is the same number.
```julia
julia> parse(UInt8,"127")
0x7f
julia> Int(ans)
127
```