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I know the question sounds a bit vague, but this should clear it up. 

a = "[200, 30.5, 37]" #This is a string literal, where a[0] = '['
b = [200, 30.5, 37] #This is a list literal, where b[0] = 200

How do I get b from a?

Rijul dhingra
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b  = eval(a)

This should do the trick.

Ashish kulkarni
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    [Why is using 'eval' a bad practice?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1832940/why-is-using-eval-a-bad-practice) – pault Jun 18 '19 at 17:04