TypeError: int() argument must be a string or a number, not 'list'

[webstart]

I have a list as
alist = [[], [(u'0.77',)], [(u'0.34',)], [(u'0.12',)], [(u'0',)], [(u'0.0',)], [(u'0',)]]

I'm trying to get it as like this
[0.77, 0.34, 0.12, 0, 0.0, 0] using the statement
rlist= map(lambda a: int(a), alist) but got an error as,
TypeError: int() argument must be a string or a number, not 'list'
I could be missing a basic concept to get it done but not sure how, please do help.

[TrustyTony]

a[0], the first value, but you get trouble with first empty list. It is more flexible to use list comprehension instead of map.

[bumsfeld]

Just more complex since you also have tuples in your list. This may work:

alist = [[], [(u'0.77',)], [(u'0.34',)], [(u'0.12',)], [(u'0',)], [(u'0.0',)], [(u'0',)]]

value_list = [float(x[0][0]) for x in alist if x]

print(value_list)

'''
[0.77, 0.34, 0.12, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0]
'''

[snippsat]

Or like this.

>>> [float(numb[0]) for item in alist for numb in item]
[0.77, 0.34, 0.12, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0]   

If i break up list comprehension up it can be eaiser du understand what`s going on.

>>> alist = [[], [(u'0.77',)], [(u'0.34',)], [(u'0.12',)], [(u'0',)], [(u'0.0',)], [(u'0',)]]
>>> numb_list = []
>>> for item in alist:
        for numb in item:
            numb_list.append(float(numb[0]))    

>>> numb_list
[0.77, 0.34, 0.12, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0]

[webstart]

Thank you all :)

[webstart]

this time my list is with negative integers, alist = [[u'', u'-0', u'-3', u'-6', u'-9', u'-12', u'-15', u'-18']]
when I do [int(x[0])for x in xval if x]
I get an error as [int(x[0])for x in xval if x]
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '-'
please do suggest a good book to learn these tips/tricks or does it comes by experience. Thank you.

[M.S.]

what that -0 means ;-)

[webstart]

@MS, its a typo but it has no effect on the result though

[vegaseat]

You basic problem is explained here ...

alist = [[u'', u'-0', u'-3', u'-6', u'-9', u'-12', u'-15', u'-18']]

# alist is a list within a list, so use alist[0]
# the if x statement filters out the empty string u''
xval  = [int(x) for x in alist[0] if x]

print(xval)  # test

'''
[0, -3, -6, -9, -12, -15, -18]
'''

You can find a good elementary book on Python here:
http://www.swaroopch.com/notes/Python