Say the string is like a = "['Hello', 'World']". After the conversion, a = ['Hello', 'World'] and the type is a list.
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petezurich
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You could use ast.literal_eval – DarkKnight Mar 13 '22 at 07:45
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`ast.literal_eval()`? – JayPeerachai Mar 13 '22 at 07:45
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Replace the ' with " and load it as json? – luk2302 Mar 13 '22 at 07:46
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It's called expression evaluation. Read about Python's eval() and literal_eval().
Notice that it may be dangerous, so read the docs carefully.
Dennis
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