simple question

[Tim Hammerquist]

Christopher Palmer graced us by uttering:
> Let's say I have a variable called a
> 
> and a contains an integer, say 4522
> 
> and I want 4, 5, 2, and 2 to be items in a list instead of an integer...
> 
> I know it must be dirt simple, but nothing I have tried so far has worked.

Actually, not as simple as it might be, but here's what I came up with:

    >>> i = 4522
    >>> l = [x for x in str(i)
    >>> l
    ['4', '5', '2', '2']
    >>> 

> Thanks in advance,
> CTP

HTH
Tim Hammerquist
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