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Re: extracting numbers with decimal places from a string

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On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 11:09 AM, Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> wrote:
>>
>>   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...

Maybe he gets paid by the character.

ChrisA

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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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