Python – Get summation of numbers in string list

Sometimes, while working with data, we can have a problem in which we receive series of lists with data in string format, which we wish to accumulate as list. Let’s discuss certain ways in which this task can be performed.

Method #1 : Using loop + int()
This is the brute force method to perform this task. In this, we run a loop for entire list, convert each string to integer and perform summation listwise and store in a separate list.

# Python3 code to demonstrate working of
# Summation of String Integer lists
# using loop + int()

# initialize list
test_list = [['1', '4'], ['5', '6'], ['7', '10']]

# printing original list
print("The original list : " + str(test_list))

# Summation of String Integer lists
# using loop + int()
res = []
for sub in test_list:
    par_sum = 0
    for ele in sub:
        par_sum = par_sum + int(ele)
    res.append(par_sum)

# printing result
print("List after summation of nested string lists : " + str(res))

Output :

The original list : [['1', '4'], ['5', '6'], ['7', '10']]
List after summation of nested string lists : [5, 11, 17]

Method #2 : Using sum() + int() + list comprehension
This is the shorthand with the help of which this task can be performed. In this, we run a loop on lists using list comprehension and extract summation using sum().

# Python3 code to demonstrate working of
# Summation of String Integer lists
# using sum() + int() + list comprehension

# initialize list
test_list = [['1', '4'], ['5', '6'], ['7', '10']]

# printing original list
print("The original list : " + str(test_list))

# Summation of String Integer lists
# using sum() + int() + list comprehension
res = [sum(int(ele) for ele in sub) for sub in test_list]

# printing result
print("List after summation of nested string lists : " + str(res))

Output :

The original list : [['1', '4'], ['5', '6'], ['7', '10']]
List after summation of nested string lists : [5, 11, 17]