title: How to make a list without quotes from string? python3
body: <p>I want to make a program in which i input a string then make it into list and then use list.count. To do this i need list without colons.</p>
  
  <pre><code>a=("44, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 ")
  a=[a]
  print(a)
  -&gt; ['44, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 ']
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but i want this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>[44, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>i tried this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>b=map(int, a)
  print(b)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but then get this -></p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;map object at 0x00537810&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and don't know what to do next</p>