Let's assume I have list, and have turned it into a string (to use it as a dictionary key for example). Is there a way to get the list back from the string? This code snippet should illustrate what I want:
list_str = str([1,2,3])
my_list = some_operation(list_str)
such that the variable my_list contains the list [1,2,3]
Any help would be appreciated!
You could use ast.literal_eval(list_str) but the real question is why did you convert it into a string in the first place? You could have converted it to a tuple (immutable and hashable) to use as a dict key
It's not a good idea, but you can try:
# list_str holds your list in a string
vals = list_str[1:-1]
l = [int(x.strip()) for x in vals.split(",")]
