How to Get Only Numbers from a List in Python?

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I am going to show you an example of get integer only values from a list in python. This article goes in detailed on python get only numbers from list. I am going to show you about how to get only integer value from list in python. This article goes in detailed on how to get only numbers from a list in python. Alright, let us dive into the details.

If you have list in python with numeric and non-numeric values in list and you want to get only numeric values from list in python, then there are several ways to do that. i will give you simple two examples here using comprehension with isinstance() and isdigit() functions. so, let's see the following examples:

You can use these examples with python3 (Python 3) version.

let's see below a simple example with output:

Example 1:

main.py

# Create New List with Item
myList = ["a", 1, 2, "b", "c", 4, 5, "d"]
    
# Get integer only values from a list in Python
newList = [val for val in myList if isinstance(val, (int, float))]
    
print(newList)

Output:

[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Example 2:

main.py

# Create New List with Item
myList = ["a", "1", "2", "b", "c", "4", "5", "d"]
  
# Get integer only values from a list in Python
newList = [val for val in myList if val.isdigit()]
  
print(newList)

Output:

['1', '2', '3', '4', '5']

I hope it can help you...