python - How to convert hex string to hex number?

Question

I have integer number in ex. 16 and i am trying to convert this number to a hex number. I tried to achieve this by using hex function but whenever you provide a integer number to the hex function it returns string representation of hex number,

my_number = 16
hex_no = hex(my_number)    
print type(hex_no) // It will print type of hex_no as str.

Can someone please tell me how to convert hex number in string format to simply a hex number.
Thanks!!

Answer 1

>>> print int('0x10', 16)
16