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Re: extracting numbers with decimal places from a string

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Subject Re: extracting numbers with decimal places from a string
From Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com>
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On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 2:31 PM, Store Makhzan <store0a@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have this script which can calculate the total of numbers given in a string
> ---- script -----
> total = 0
> for c in '0123456789':
>    total += int(c)
> print total
> ---- script -----
>
> How should I modify this script to find the total of if the numbers given in the string form have decimal places? That is, how do I need to modify this line:
> ----- script -----
> for c in '1.32, 5.32, 4.4, 3.78':
> ----- script -----
> to find the total of these given numbers.
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split the string on ',' to get a list of strings.  loop thru list
using float(s), add float values


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extracting numbers with decimal places from a string Store Makhzan <store0a@gmail.com> - 2015-01-11 11:31 -0800
  Re: extracting numbers with decimal places from a string Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2015-01-11 15:06 -0500
    Re: extracting numbers with decimal places from a string Store Makhzan <store0a@gmail.com> - 2015-01-11 12:26 -0800
      Re: extracting numbers with decimal places from a string Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2015-01-11 16:42 -0500
        Re: extracting numbers with decimal places from a string Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-01-11 23:20 +0100
          Re: extracting numbers with decimal places from a string Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2015-01-11 17:54 -0500
            Re: extracting numbers with decimal places from a string Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-01-12 00:12 +0100
              Re: extracting numbers with decimal places from a string Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2015-01-11 18:35 -0500
                Re: extracting numbers with decimal places from a string Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-01-12 00:46 +0100
                Re: extracting numbers with decimal places from a string Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2015-01-12 01:09 +0100
                Re: extracting numbers with decimal places from a string Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-01-12 01:45 +0100
                Re: extracting numbers with decimal places from a string Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-01-12 11:17 +1100
          Re: extracting numbers with decimal places from a string Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-01-12 11:45 +1100
        Re: extracting numbers with decimal places from a string Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-11 23:06 +0000
  Re: extracting numbers with decimal places from a string Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-01-12 00:07 +0100
    Re: extracting numbers with decimal places from a string Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-01-12 00:04 +0000
      Re: extracting numbers with decimal places from a string Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-01-12 02:00 +0100
    Re: extracting numbers with decimal places from a string MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2015-01-12 00:59 +0000
    Re: extracting numbers with decimal places from a string Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-01-12 12:13 +1100

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