Simple list question

[Stefan Axelsson]

In article <mailman.1047.1075478440.12720.python-list at python.org>, Dave Brueck wrote:
> How about:
> 
>>>> nod = ['1','+','2']
>>>> for i in range(len(nod)):
> ...   try:
> ...     nod[i] = float(nod[i])
> ...   except ValueError: pass
> ...
>>>> nod
> [1.0, '+', 2.0]

Perhaps minor style issue; I'd use 'map' (even though Guido isn't
crazy about it), or perhaps a list comprehension.

Like so:

>>> def tofloat(x):
...     try:
...             return float(x)
...     except ValueError: return x
...

>>> map(tofloat, nod)
[1.0, '+', 2.0]

Stefan,
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Stefan Axelsson                  (email at http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~sax)