title: parsing strings of text numbers and commas in python
body: <p>hey guys was wondering if someone could offer some quick help. I need to know how to parse some info about certain countries and place them into a list. the list part is easy obviously but the setup of the strings is giving me trouble. This is what an example looks like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Algeria \t919,590\t34,178,188\n
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>well if i do readlineS thats what it would look like in eclipse output, though if i do readlinE it would look like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Albania     11,100  3,639,453
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>those are just two examples of diff countries and my goal is to make it something like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>[Albania, 11,100 , 3,639,453]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>or maybe just</p>
  
  <pre><code>[Albania, 11100 , 3639453]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>whatever is easier!
  thanks!</p>