thank you for your prompt reply.
> > sorry seems i run into another problem, as follow; > > >>> a = 12,123 > >>> b = str(a) > >>> c = int(b.replace(',', '')) > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '(12 123)' > > the comma has become an empty space, it cannot be converted to an integer. > i try the above in a winxp python command line. > > > On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 10:48 PM, Gerhard Häring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> sharon k wrote: >> >>> hi all, >>> >>> i am new to python. >>> >> > >> >>> i fetch a webpage with urllib, extract a few numbers in a format as >>> follow; >>> >>> 10,884 >>> 24,068 >>> >>> my question is how to remove the comma between the number, since i have >>> to add them up later. >>> >> >> Strings have a replace method. Calling replace(",", "") on the string will >> do the trick here. >> >> -- Gerhard >> >> >> -- >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >> > >
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