nrf24 between Pi3 and Uno help- Unicode confusion, i think

Here's my problem:

I have a program on a raspberry pi to read values from a gamepad/joystick and send them to an Arduino over an nrf24l01+ connection.

Most of it is working. The problem is, when i recieve the data on the Arduino, it is printed out as a unicode character, and i can't figure out how to convert it back into an int.

On the pi3 side, i have a python3 program that returns float values from a flight sim joystick, between -1 and 1. I scaled this value up to 0-180(for servo inputs), and converted it into an int type.

(important parts of the python script)

output = list(")
for i in range (axes):
     axis = joystick.get_axis(I)
     axis = (axis+1)/2  #scale to between 0-1
     axis = int(axis * 180)
     output.append(chr(axis))

My arduino code is simple: it just prints out what it receives for debugging. Since i'm sending 5 axis values, i get 5 characters in on the Serial console(all capital Y). When i move the joystick, these characters change. I need to know how to change this input into usable numbers.

Answered my own question after clicking the right links in the google search bar. Sorry for the dumb question.

stoner_cough:
Answered my own question after clicking the right links in the google search bar. Sorry for the dumb question.

Glad you have it working.

Please describe your solution for the benefit of other readers.

...R