> Perhaps: > map(int, re.search(search_pat, stdout).groups()) > > > Thanks Albert map saved me many lines of code but map returns a list I will have to convert the list to string again Below is how Iam planning to teh conversion >>> block = map(int, re.search(search_pat, stdout).groups()) >>> print block ['1,2:122'] >>> s1 = ','.join(str(n) for n in block) >>> print s1 1,2:122 >>> str(s1) '1,2:122'
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