python - Why I can't convert a list of str to a list of floats? -

i'm starting write code, fails @ beginning.

this code:

import csv reader = csv.reader(open("qstartrefseqhg19.head"), dialect='excel-tab' )  row in reader:     c = row[1].split(",")[1:]     c1 = [float(i) in c]      print c1  

and error log says:

traceback (most recent call last):   file "/home/geparada/workspace/sjtag/src/taggen.py", line 8, in <module>     c1 = [float(i) in c] valueerror: empty string float() 

i've tried

import csv reader = csv.reader(open("qstartrefseqhg19.head"), dialect='excel-tab' )  row in reader:     c = row[1].split(",")[1:]            c1 = map(float, c)              print c1 

my input file looks this:

nm_032291   0,227,291,316,388,445,500,676,688,700,725,777,863,956,1031,1532,1660,1787,1847,1959,2115,2248,2451,2516,2681,   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

i'm stack, time!!

your input line ended comma, e.g.:

0,182,283,388,470,579,757, 

so naturally, split into:

['0', '182', '283', '388', '470', '579', '757', ''] 

the last element empty string, ''. you'd need account this. 1 way ignoring it:

c1 = [float(i) in c if i] 

or cutting out last element before casting:

c = row[1].split(",")[1:-1]   # slice exclude first , last elements