Some data splitting to controll stuff (python)

import pyttsx
engine = pyttsx.init()

engine.runAndWait()

SteerDirection = 0  # neg/pos is Steer left/right in degrees
EngineSpeed = 0     # neg/pos is forward/backward in Speed% 1-100
CameraDollyLR = 0
CameraDollyUD  = 0
SpeakOnce = 0
SpeakLine = ''

#incoming 'data' example
data = "-45,25,0,15,1,Tralala"

# Split up data into a list of integers and strings
mList = [int(e) if e.isdigit() else e for e in data.split(',')]

# Print full list for debug
print (mList)

# --------------------------------------------------------

#print (mList[0])
SteerDirection = (mList[0])
print ('SteerDirection = ' + str(SteerDirection))

#print (mList[1])
EngineSpeed = (mList[1])
print ('EngineSpeed = ' + str(EngineSpeed))

#print (mList[2])
CameraDollyLR = (mList[2])
print ('CameraDollyLR = ' + str(CameraDollyLR))

#print (mList[3])
CameraDollyUD = (mList[3])
print ('CameraDollyUD = ' + str(CameraDollyUD))

#print (mList[4]) # Trigger speach send 1x
#print (mList[5]) " Line to speak

SpeakOnce = (mList[4])
SpeakLine = (mList[5])

if (SpeakOnce == 1):
    print ('SpeakLine = ' + SpeakLine)
    engine.say('The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.')
    engine.runAndWait()