I dont really know how to explain it using english but:
inputText = "John Smith 5"
I want to split it and insert that to nameArray and make 5(string) into an integer.
nameArray = ["John", "Doe", 5]
And then place nameArray to fullNameArray
fullNameArray = [["John", "Doe", 5], ["John", "Smith", 5]]
Use exception handling and int() here:
>>> def func(x):
... try:
... return int(x)
... except ValueError:
... return x
...
>>> inputText = "John Smith 5"
>>> spl = [func(x) for x in inputText.split()]
>>> spl
['John', 'Smith', 5]
If you're sure it's always the last element that has to be converted then try this:
>>> inputText = "John Smith 5"
>>> spl = inputText.split()
>>> spl[-1] = int(spl[-1])
>>> spl
['John', 'Smith', 5]
use nameArray.append to append the new list to it:
>>> nameArray = [] #initialize nameArray as an empty list
>>> nameArray.append(["John", "Doe", 5]) #append the first name
>>> spl = [func(x) for x in inputText.split()]
>>> nameArray.append(spl) #append second entry
>>> nameArray
[['John', 'Doe', 5], ['John', 'Smith', 5]]
nameArray must be a list of lists to get the desired output.you are looking for nameArray = inputText.split()
The following code will work for any number in your string
so assuming the inputs are in a list called inputTextList:
fullNameArray = []
for inputText in inputTextList:
nameArray = inputText.split()
nameArray = [int(x) if x.isdigit() else x for x in nameArray]
fullNameArray.append(nameArray)
>>> fullnameArray = [["John", "Doe", 5]]
>>> inputText = "John Smith 5"
>>> fullnameArray.append([int(i) if i.isdigit() else i for i in inputText.split()])
>>> fullnameArray
[['John', 'Doe', 5], ['John', 'Smith', 5]]
The third line with the conditional expression ("ternary operator") inside a list comprehension (in case you're unfamiliar with that syntax) can also be written as:
nameArray = []
for i in inputText.split():
if i.isdigit():
nameArray.append(int(i))
else:
nameArray.append(i)
fullnameArray.append(sublist)
