Change type of elements in a list by column

[Larz60+]

import sys

myList = [['john', '1', '2:00pm'], ['becky', '2', '3:15pm'], ['tom', '3', '3:20pm']]

def get_myList_item(row=0, column=0):
    try:
        # Python 3.6.0
        print(f'row: {row}, column: {column} contains {myList[row][column]}')
        # other python:
        print('row: {}, column: {} contains {}'.format(row, column, myList[row][column]))
    except:
        print("Unexpected exception:", sys.exc_info()[0])

if __name__ == '__main__':
    get_myList_item(row=1,column=0)

result:

Output:
row: 1, column: 0 contains becky