[Tutor] string to int or float

[Alan Gauld]

> List = ['207','-308','-8.0','6']
> 
> and i want it like this
> 
> list = [207, -308, -8.0, 6]


Depending on whether you trust your source of raw data this 
might be one place where I'd use eval():

list = map(eval,List)

But if the strings are potentially unsecure then I'd use one 
of the other methods suggested already.

Alan G
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