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Currently, I'm working on a list like this 

txt=['S&P 500 Index', '2,905.03', '+4.58', '+0.16%']

Since I need to convert all the numerical value into float rather than str, in order to use float(), I have to get rid of ',' and '%'. Is there a smart way to do this in a line?

Now,I'm doing stuff like this. Change everything by finding the exact index. 

txt[1]=txt[1].replace(",","")               
txt[3]=txt[3].replace("%","")

I would like to see something like this

['S&P 500 Index', '2905.03', '+4.58', '+0.16']
Jean-François Fabre
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If the first element may not contain % or , you can apply the replace operations on it too without changing its value. 

txt=['S&P 500 Index', '2,905.03', '+4.58', '+0.16%']                                  
txt = [s.replace('%', '').replace(',','') for s in txt]
print(txt)
rdas
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