How would I add volume on to the current_volume list in pyalsaaudio?

Question

I'm trying to add on volume to a current set volume, in this case we will say it's 80%. Using the alsaaudio module in Python, there is a function called getvolume

#declare alsaaudio
am = alsaaudio.Mixer()
#get current volume
current_volume = am.getvolume()

getvolume or current_volume in my case dumps a list such as [80L] for 80% volume. I am trying to add volume on to the current one like this,

#adds 5 on to the current_volume    
increase = current_volume + 5
am.setvolume(increase)

But my problem is, since it's a list I cannot strip or replace characters and since I am relatively new to Python, have no clue on how to strip the characters in the list and then add 5 on to that integer after converting.

I created a run-able example here:

import alsaaudio
am = alsaaudio.Mixer()
current_volume = am.getvolume()
print(repr(current_volume), type(current_volume), type(current_volume[0]))

It prints: ('[45L]', <type 'list'>, <type 'long'>), even though this issue is solved, thanks for your responses.

Answer 1

Mixer.getvolume([direction])

Returns a list with the current volume settings for each channel. The list elements are integer percentages.

https://www.programcreek.com/python/example/91452/alsaaudio.Mixer

    mixer = alsaaudio.Mixer()
    value = mixer.getvolume()[0]
    value = value + 5
    if value > 100:
        value = 100
    mixer.setvolume(value)