Question: I have a sequence of numbers that I somehow obtain from an external source, not separated by any commas and not in a data structure, e.g: 1 1.5 120202.4343 58 -2442.5 

Where distinct numbers are separated by a space(s). 

Is there a way for me to write a program to quickly convert this sequence into a list or numpy array [1, 1.5, 120202.4343, 58 ,-2442.5].

Answer: 
```
>>> in_str = '1 1.5 120202.4343 58 -2442.5'
>>> list(map(float, in_str.split(' ')))
[1, 1.5, 120202.4343, 58, -2442.5]

```
I can't believe nobody came up with the obvious:

```
np.array(your_string.split(),dtype=float)

```