Python's isdigit() method returns False for negative numbers

Question

I have a text files that I read to a list. This list contains integers and strings.

For example, my list could look like this:

[\"name\", \"test\", \"1\"         


        

Answer 1

The way to convert to integers is to try the conversion and be prepared for it to fail:

for i in range(len(mylist)):
    try:
        mylist[i] = int(mylist[i])
    except ValueError:
        pass