How to convert a list to string when retrieved from a config file?

Asked Feb 02 '21 at 09:17

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I am trying to search for few strings from the logline and exclude those lines. If I try with string directly it works but if I read the strings from a config file, it doesn't. The problem is due to the type. Can someone put some light into this in converting the list to string?

Code

match1 = config.get('sky_messages', 'matches')
match = list(match1.split(","))

print(match1)
print(match)
print(type(match1))
print(type(match))

Config File

[sky_messages]
matches = ['Conviva', 'conviva', 'EDID', 'CONVIVA']

Output

['Conviva', 'conviva', 'EDID', 'CONVIVA']
["['Conviva'", " 'conviva'", " 'EDID'", " 'CONVIVA']"]
<class 'str'>
<class 'list'>

How can I get the string as match1?

asked Feb 02 '21 at 09:17

Roshan r

I don't know if its the best solution but you could use `ast.literal_eval` – Nullman Feb 02 '21 at 09:18
Basically, i need to convert that list to string exactly as match1. – Roshan r Feb 02 '21 at 09:22
Why do you have it as python syntax in the config file? Can you just use a comma seperated list of values? – Sayse Feb 02 '21 at 09:22
Thats the requirement to have it in a config file. I have few more sections in the config file. – Roshan r Feb 02 '21 at 09:24
Particularly with the duplicate, check the [second answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/9735884/1324033) – Sayse Feb 02 '21 at 09:26

How to convert a list to string when retrieved from a config file?

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