Converting an array of string to array of float

Fri Mar 25 11:46:47 EDT 2011

But you must be sure that the list only contains objects than can be
converted into float, if not you'll get:

>>> float('something')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#0>", line 1, in <module>
    float('something')
ValueError: could not convert string to float: something
>>>

2011/3/25 Blockheads Oi Oi <breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk>

> On 25/03/2011 15:27, Jason Swails wrote:
>
>> I'm guessing you have something like
>>
>> list1=['1.0', '2.3', '4.4', '5.5', ...], right?
>>
>> You can do this:
>>
>> for i in range(len(list1)):
>>   list1[i] = float(list1[i])
>>
>>
> or
>
> for i, x in enumerate(list1):
>    list1[i] = float(x)
>
>
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