string to integer problem

[Lol McBride]

On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 16:29:14 +0000, Lol McBride wrote:

> Hi all,
> I'm currently having problems with data returned from a MySQL database in
> as much as the data returned is of the form '(1,10,23,33,35,48)' i.e. a
> list variable holding 6 integers returned as a string. 
> I can't seem to get around how to return the data to it's original format
> i.e. the list with 6 integers - I have tried slicing the string and
> converting the charachters individually but then I run into trouble when I
> have integers over two digits wide as I can't combine the two separate
> digits back into the original number.
> I feel sure that someone has come across this before and I hope that my
> request for help on this will be answered.
> Thanks ,
> Lol McBride
Thank you for your replies - your help is very much appreciated.