On Sun, 22 Jul 2012 10:29:44 -0500, Tony the Tiger wrote: > Hi, > Is there such a thing in the language, or do I have to invent it myself? > > I came up with the following: > > # options.modus_list contains, e.g., "[2,3,4]" > # (a string from the command line) > # MODUS_LIST contains, e.g., [2,4,8,16] > # (i.e., a list of integers) > > if options.modus_list: > intTmp = [] > modTmp = options.modus_list[1:-1] > for itm in modTmp: > intTmp.append(int(itm)) > MODUS_LIST = intTmp > > There are probably never more than maybe between one to four items in > the options.modus_list, and its contents as integers should always > replace all of the original MODUS_LIST, because it is up to the user to > decide what should be used for calculating the result. > > The above works (unless I have introduced some bug when I copied into my > editor here), but I would like to know if there already is such a thing, > or something better than the above. I'd hate to re-invent the wheel. > > TIA > > > /Grrr
looks like a classic list comprehension to me and can be achieved in a single line MODUS_LIST=[int(x) for x in options.modus_list] -- NOTICE: -- THE ELEVATORS WILL BE OUT OF ORDER TODAY -- (The nearest working elevator is in the building across the street.) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list