PySide-QIntValidator::validate: Second tuple element is not convertible to unicode???????

ManasQt

Hi All,
I wrote a custom Integer validator which basically allows user to add "%" at the end.
When user enters certain integer value with combination "%" i have to strip and validate.

but its giving following error:
QIntValidator::validate: Second tuple element is not convertible to unicode???????

can any one tell me what is wrong with the following code:
@
class LineEditValidator(QtGui.QIntValidator):
def init(self,minimum,maximum,parent=None):
QtGui.QIntValidator.init(self,minimum,maximum,parent)

def validate(self,inputVal,pos):
inputVal=inputVal.rstrip("%")
inputVal=str(inputVal)
if inputVal=="":
return QtGui.QValidator.Invalid,inputVal,pos
try:
inputVal=inputVal.rstrip("%")
inputVal=int(inputVal)
except Exception,msg:
return QtGui.QValidator.Invalid,inputVal,pos

if inputVal >=self.bottom() and inputVal <=self.top():
  return QtGui.QValidator.Acceptable,inputVal,pos
else:
  return QtGui.QValidator.Invalid,inputVal,pos

@

ManasQt

sorry, my mistake i had to pass string type argument instead of int for 'inputVal' in
return QtGui.QValidator.Invalid,inputVal,pos