python - From file to list -

hello guys trying read file digits put example(below) list[1,2,3,4] :

1

2

3

4

5

im doing in class. tried without class this:

 def velocity():  items = []  open('smhi.txt') input:      line in input:          items.extend(line.strip().split())  return items          

when print items ["1,","2","3","4"]

you need convert numbers int,and can use list comprehension following but,note define list inside function in local name space couldn't access outside of function!so need return list :

def velocity():    open('smhi.txt') input:        my_list=[int(line) line in input if line.strip()]    return my_list 

result :

[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]