The code for counting the number of inversions in mergesort is in this file:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gr0nfkoen8ivslx/mergeit.py

frm txt file https://www.dropbox.com/s/4e5ladnuxpi32mu/a1.txt

the list displayed for the integers in the file should be:
[42, 43,44,45,46]
but the output is coming as
['2', '3', '4', '4', '4', '4', '4', '4', '5', '6']

Why so the numbers tens and ones places of the numbers is separated ?

Question

The code for counting the number of inversions in mergesort is in this file:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gr0nfkoen8ivslx/mergeit.py

frm txt file https://www.dropbox.com/s/4e5ladnuxpi32mu/a1.txt


the list displayed for the integers in the file should be:
[42, 43,44,45,46]
but the output is coming as
['2', '3', '4', '4', '4', '4', '4', '4', '5', '6']

Why so the numbers tens and ones places of the numbers is separated ?