Python, convert an integer into an index?

[marco.nawijn at colosso.nl]

On Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at 1:27:51 AM UTC+2, MRAB wrote:
> On 2015-09-22 23:21, Laura Creighton wrote:
> > In a message of Tue, 22 Sep 2015 14:43:55 -0700, Chris Roberts writes:
> >>
> >>
> >>(How do I make it into an index? )
> >>Preferably something fairly easy to understand as I am new at this.
> >>
> >>results = 134523      #(Integer)
> >>
> >>Desired:
> >>results = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 2, 3]   #(INDEX)
> >>
> >>Somehow I see ways to convert index to list to int, but not back again.
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>crzzy1
> >
> > You need to convert your results into a string first.
> >
> > result_int=1234523
> > result_list=[]
> >
> > for digit in str(result_int):
> >      result_list.append(int(digit))
> >
> > digit will be assigned to successive 1 character long strings.  Since
> > you wanted a list of integers, you have to convert it back.
> >
> > If you are learning python you may be interested in the tutor mailing
> > list. https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
> >
> A shorter way using strings:
> 
> >>> results = 134523
> >>> list(map(int, str(results)))
> [1, 3, 4, 5, 2, 3]
Or you can use a list comprehension:

>>> result = [int(c) for c in str(134523)]
>>> print result
[1, 3, 4, 5, 2, 3]