title: Manipulating Tuples in Python 3
body: <p>I am having a rough time manipulating a tuple in Python 3. </p>
  
  <p>The tuple is a single element consisting of a word joined to a number. </p>
  
  <p>Having searched stack overflow and the web at large, i've had no luck attempting to split it. </p>
  
  <p><code>ftup = [('AT', 6)]</code></p>
  
  <p>I have attempted to </p>
  
  <p><code>list(ftup)</code> and <code>list.split</code>, but when using space to split my list, I keep all the brackets. I've attempted <code>map</code> but receive errors indicating type can't be mapped to str. </p>
  
  <p>The eventual goal is to have the word printed as a string, and the number stored as an integer for comparing against another integer. </p>