How to convert Python string to a list of dicts

Asked Apr 06 '22 at 21:11

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I have the following string in Python:

str1 = "{1:11,2:22},{1:33,2:44}"
str1

Output:

'{1:11,2:22},{1:33,2:44}'

How can I convert str1 to a list of dicts so that the result will look like the following:

[{1:11,2:22},{1:33,2:44}]

... so that my_dict[0] will return

{1:11,2:22}

and the type of my_dict[0] will also be a Python dict (and not a string)?

asked Apr 06 '22 at 21:11

edn

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Why do you call the variable `my_dict` when it's a list, not a dictionary? – Barmar Apr 06 '22 at 21:15
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Add `[` and `]` around the string, then use `ast.literal_eval()`. – Barmar Apr 06 '22 at 21:16
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Or `literal_eval` first and convert the tuple into a list afterwards (if you really care about the difference). – Blckknght Apr 06 '22 at 23:51

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