Thanks a lot Chris.
Bernard On 9/27/05, Christopher Arndt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bernard Lebel schrieb: > > Hello, > > > > Let say I have a string. The value of the string might be 'False', > > 'True', '3', '1.394', or whatever else. Is there a quick way to > > convert this string into the appropriate data type other than with > > try/except? > > A quick way, yes. But also secure? No. > > >>> l = ['false', 'True', '3', '1.394'] > >>> l = [eval(x) for x in l] > >>> print l > [False, True, 3, 1.3939999999999999] > > but this fails when it encounters a string that eval can't handle, for example > 'false'. Also eval will evaluate any valid Pythin expression in the string, so > you should use it only when you know *exactly* that the string can not contain > anything harmful. Which is rarely the case. > > Chris > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
