[Tutor] Question on converting a list per say

[Hans Fangohr]

Hi Karthik,

> Is it possible to directly convert a list to int/float or complex etc
>
> say a = ['1','2','3']
>
> can i do an int(a) to get [1,2,3] or a float(a).
>
> Presenly i do:
> b = []
> for vals in a
>    b.append(int(a))

Try

b = map( int, a )

I don't know whether this is the fastest way to do it but at least the
notation is concise ;-)

Cheers,

Hans


>
>
> now my a's are quite big like something with 100000 elements? Isint it not
> a slow process to do it like i do?
>
> Warm regards
>
> karthik
>
> PS: Thankx for the regex question - it works with minor modifications
>
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