Python 2.5 (r25:51918, Sep 19 2006, 08:49:13)
[GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5341)] on darwin
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>>> a = '[1,2,3,4,5]'
>>> eval (a, {}, {})
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
>>>
But note that 'eval' is generally not such a good idea unless you
can completely trust your input source. Depending on where your data is
coming from, you may very well be better off parsing the string data and
creating the list programatically.
>>> [int(i) for i in a.strip('[]').split(',')]
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
-Jeff
On 12/11/07, katie smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> How on earth do I convert strings to lists. I have a string with a list it
> in it and I'm trying to convert it into a list. Please help me.
>
> Ex."[16, 16, 2, 16, 2, 16, 8, 16]"-string
> to [16, 16, 2, 16, 2, 16, 8, 16] -list
>
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