code: def to_int(value, default=0):
      
      try:
          return int(value)
      except (TypeError, ValueError):
          return to_int(default, default=0)
docs: Tries to convert the value passed in as an int. If no success, returns the
      default value passed in
      :param value: the string to convert to integer
      :param default: the default fallback
      :return: int representation of the value passed in