Transform string to list of strings

Question

I have this string

'['foo', 'faa', 'fee']'

I want to transform it as a list of strings like:

['foo', 'faa', 'fee']

how could I do that?

I would start by fixing whatever is producing that string. Python string representations are meant for debugging and display purposes, not for sharing data between processes. — chepner, Oct 10 '21 at 15:40

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 10 '21 at 15:37

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Use ast package

from ast import literal_eval

s = "['foo', 'faa', 'fee']"
l = literal_eval(s)
print(type(l))

Output

<class 'list'>

answered Oct 10 '21 at 15:37

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