python cast to itneger code example

Example 1: how to get a int from string python

import re
s = "12 hello 52 19 some random 15 number"
# Extract numbers and cast them to int
list_of_nums = map(int, re.findall('\d+', s))
print list_of_nums

Example 2: cast as float python

not_float = '.0975'
is_float  =  .0986

print(not_float)
print(is_float)

# Notice this won't work 
# new_number = not_float + is_float

# This will convert it to a float
new_number = float(not_float) + is_float

print(new_number)