Python: Converting string into decimal number

Question

I have a python list with strings in this format:

A1 = [\' \"29.0\" \',\' \"65.2\" \',\' \"75.2\" \']

How do I convert those strings into d

Answer 1

If you want the result as the nearest binary floating point number use float:

result = [float(x.strip(' "')) for x in A1]

If you want the result stored exactly use Decimal instead of float:

from decimal import Decimal
result = [Decimal(x.strip(' "')) for x in A1]