Extract Largest Number from list of strings in python : <p>so I am trying to extract the largest number from a list of strings in python. The string I'm trying to work with looks like this</p>

<pre><code>a = ['a', '3', '5', 'c10', 'foo', 'bar', '999']
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<p>And I'm trying to get back the largest number. So in this case, it would be 999 and I wan't it back as an int.</p>

<p>I can't seem to find a pretty way of doing this, hope you guys can help.</p>
