Peter Otten wrote:
> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>> […] But float() is always necessary for computing the sum and suffices
>> indeed together with s.split() if s is just a comma-separated list of
>> numeric strings with optional whitespace leading and trailing the comma:
>>
>> print(sum(map(lambda x: float(x), s.split(',')))
>>
>> Please trim your quotes to the relevant minimum.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Hm, can you explain what this
>
> lambda x: float(x)
>
> is supposed to achieve? I mean other than to confuse a newbie...
print(sum(map(float, s.split(','))))
suffices in this case, of course.
I could have done without the snide remarks.
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