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Python

Posted by richard garvey
richard garvey
53 Points

python get the sum of numbers in a list

I want to prompt the user for a string of items along with the number of said item ex: apples11dogs4cats5dogs5apples2... how to I add together the number of apples there are? ive been able to get to where i have a list of string numbers ['11', '3', '5'] ex now i need to turn them into ints

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,274 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,274 Points

Did you want to convert the entire list, or just each item?

For each item you could just pass it through "int", for example:   value = int(stringlist[index])

For the whole list, do the same thing in a list comprehension:   numlist = [int(s) for s in stringlist]