On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:32:15 -0800 (PST) "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You have to get rid of the double quotes first. > > you mean replace them with nothing? > > li[4].replace('"','')
Sure, that will do. However, look at the csv module for another way of handling this. > once i do that, i should be able to use them as numbers. You still need to apply int() or float() to the result. -- D'Arcy J.M. Cain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Democracy is three wolves http://www.druid.net/darcy/ | and a sheep voting on +1 416 425 1212 (DoD#0082) (eNTP) | what's for dinner. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list