List mapping question

[Steve Holden]

Marc Huffnagle wrote:

> I have a number of variables that I want to modify (a bunch of strings 
> that I need to convert into ints).  Is there an easy way to do that 
> other than saying:
> 
>  > a = int(a)
>  > b = int(b)
>  > c = int(c)
> 
> I tried
> 
>  > [i = int(i) for i in [a, b, c]]
> 
> but that didn't work because it was creating a list with the values of 
> a, b and c instead of the actual variables themselves, then trying to 
> set a string equal to an integer, which it really didn't like.
> 
>      Marc
  >>> a,b,c = 1.1, 2.2, 3.3
  >>> a,b,c = map(int, (a,b,c))
  >>> a,b,c
(1, 2, 3)
  >>> a,b,c = [int(x) for x in (a,b,c)]
  >>> a,b,c
(1, 2, 3)

regards
  Steve
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