task1

# Program to convert digits in a list into an integer

thislist = [3,4,5,6,7,1,4]

print(thislist)
length = len(thislist) # length of the list to iterate in the while loop below

print ("length of list : ", length)

i = 0                   #temp variables for looping and calculation
j = length - 1
k = 0
total = 0

# Loop to calculate place value of digits
while i < length:
    k = thislist[i] * (10 ** (j))    # Extract each digit and multiply by place value
    i = i + 1                       # Increment loop counter
    j = j - 1                         # Decrement place value
    total = total + k             # Add intermediate result to total

print ("The answer is: ", total)