How to convert list of intable strings to int

Question

In Python, I want to convert a list of strings:

l = [\'sam\',\'1\',\'dad\',\'21\']

and convert the integers to integer types like this:

Answer 1

For multidimenson lists, use recursive technique may help.

from collections import Iterable
def intify(maybeLst):
    try:
        return int(maybeLst)
    except:
        if isinstance(maybeLst, Iterable) and not isinstance(lst, str):
            return [intify(i) for i in maybeLst] # here we call intify itself!
        else:
            return maybeLst

maybeLst = [[['sam', 2],'1'],['dad','21']]
print intify(maybeLst)