How do I convert integers in a list to float numbers when the elements contain both words and number-CodePudding

The list is ['Australia, 529\n', 'Jamaica, 466\n', 'England, 450\n', 'New Zealand, 391\n', 'South Africa, 363']

How do I convert only the numbers to floats?

CodePudding user response：

You can convert the numbers like this:

result = []
for item in input_list:
    country, number = item.split(',')
    float_number = float(number.rstrip('\n'))
    updated_element = f"{country}, {float_number}\n"
    result.append(updated_element)
print(result)

For your input list this will output:

['Australia, 529.0\n', 'Jamaica, 466.0\n', 'England, 450.0\n', 'New Zealand, 391.0\n', 'South Africa, 363.0\n']

To form a dictionary you can do this:

result_dict = {}
for item in input_list:
    country, number = item.split(',')
    float_number = float(number.rstrip('\n'))
    updated_element_dict = {country: float_number}
    result_dict.update(updated_element_dict)   
print(result_dict)

Above code will output:

{'Australia': 529.0, 'Jamaica': 466.0, 'England': 450.0, 'New Zealand': 391.0, 'South Africa': 363.0}