How can i convert a string to a list?

Question

I have a string such as thislist = "[3, 2, 1]" or "[1]"

I need to convert it to a list with float (or int) elements, but i don't know how to do it?

What i tried is this:

thislist = list(thislist)

But, when i try this solution, it gives me:

 ['[', '3', ',', ' ', '2', ',', ' ', '1', ']']

which is not what i need. Of course, i can do some more process to obtain my favorite result which is [3,2,1]. But, i am looking for the most efficient approach!

More accurate dup (list of ints): https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44672561/convert-string-representation-of-list-into-list — Tomerikoo, May 31 '20 at 10:13

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 31 '20 at 10:13

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import json
thislist = "[3, 2, 1]"
goodList = json.loads(thislist) # this will give you [3, 2, 1]

answered May 31 '20 at 10:13

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