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[GMAN1941]

using 2.5 . i have the following data from a field in a database:
2,870,728,641
the code is:
for line in reader:
preds.append(line[-1])
# what i get is: ['2,870,728,641']
# when i use join
linklist=string.join(preds)
predlist.append(linklist)
# i get the same thing

what i need is:
[2,870,728,641] without the beginning & ending quote so i can i can iterate each as a separte value/word:
preds[0] renders 2, pres[1] renders 870 etc

or
['2','870','728','641'] to get separate words also

i can't seem to find the answer

thanks
GMAN

 

[lupulcelbun]

If 2.5 is anything like 2.6 then the quotes simply mean that the information is stored in a String and not a number.
Note the way python prints out stuff - with and without quotes.

Python 2.6.6 (r266:84292, Nov 21 2013, 10:50:32)
[GCC 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-4)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> my_strings=['1','2']
>>> my_numbers=[1,2]
>>> my_strings
['1', '2']
>>> my_numbers
[1, 2]
>>> '1' == 1
False
>>> int('1') == 1
True
>>> '1' == str(1)
True
>>> for stuff in my_numbers:
... print type(stuff)
... print stuff
...
<type 'int'>
1
<type 'int'>
2
>>> for stuff in my_strings:
... print type(stuff)
... print stuff
...
<type 'str'>
1
<type 'str'>
2
>>>