On 11/30/11 16:48, Hidura wrote:
Why you don't make this "['1','2','3']".strip("[]").split(',') work for me
because it breaks on things like
s = """
[[1,2,3],42,'''triple the fun!''', "can't touch this,
eh?",r'"Back\\\slashes?!", she said.', [4,5,6]]
"""
Commas can be embedded in strings, strings can be delimited with
single, double, or triple quotes, raw strings can be used, more
than one opening or closing "["/"]" can appear in a row, leading
or trailing whitespace might throw you off...using
ast.literal_eval() should just Do the Right Thing™.
-tkc
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