converting string containing dictionary into a list of dictionary

Question

variable a contains a list of dictionaries but its type is of string.

output:"[{'id': 35, 'name': 'Comedy'}, {'id': 18, 'name': 'Drama'}, {'id': 10751, 'name': 'Family'}, {'id': 10749, 'name': 'Romance'}]"

a[0]

output:'['

I want to convert a into a list so that I can access the dictionary using index

Try not to get into this situation in the first place; use the `json` module to produce serialisations of such objects instead of using `str()` on a list to store it in a file or similar. — Martijn Pieters, Feb 09 '19 at 14:30

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 09 '19 at 14:28

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You can use the ast package.

import ast

ast.literal_eval(your_str)

answered Feb 09 '19 at 14:28

Tdaw

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