Converting item to a list

Question

I am new to using python. I have a list of integers that I want to convert into an actual list. This is the result that I'm getting

>>>si(2358) 
(((2, 3), 5), 8)...

I want to be able to sort the result in ascending order so I think I'm going to have this in an actual list:

[2,3,5,8]

How can I go about doing this? Code:

>>> def si(n):    
...     if (n)<10:
...         return n
...     else:
...         return si(lastdig(n, 10)), allbutlast(n)

Possible duplicate of [Python - converting a string of numbers into a list of int](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19334374/python-converting-a-string-of-numbers-into-a-list-of-int) — idjaw, Oct 04 '15 at 03:13
it looks that you are creating tuples. show you code, it will be easier to give a hint. — LetzerWille, Oct 04 '15 at 03:13
The question is not clear, S. If you post your code, we'll be able to help better — salezica, Oct 04 '15 at 03:16
@idjaw I followed that ink and it dosn't apply to my problem. — S. Reynolds, Oct 04 '15 at 03:17
It will really help if you show more code. We need to see what else you are doing. — idjaw, Oct 04 '15 at 03:18
I'm with @idjaw. Show us your hand, we can be your extra eyes. — ergonaut, Oct 04 '15 at 03:20
OK....what is lastdig doing and what is allbutlast doing? Also, you are returning this: `return si(lastdig(n, 10)), allbutlast(n)`. Your function will return what is called a tuple. Info: [Tuple](http://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/python_tuples.htm). Are you sure you want to be doing that? — idjaw, Oct 04 '15 at 03:32
@idjaw no I do not want to return a tuple I want to return a list. lastdig returns the lastdigit of the integer entered and allbutlast returns the remainding digits. They were previousy created functions that calculate the mod and the quotient of an integer. — S. Reynolds, Oct 04 '15 at 22:17

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 04 '15 at 03:17

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Something like this will work:

n = 2358
l = [int(c) for c in str(n)]

answered Oct 04 '15 at 03:17

Paul Evans

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