Hi I have the following string:
s = '{'abc', 'def'}'
I want to create a list
L = ['abc', 'def']
How is best to achieve this?
I can do the standard replace etc and create a list but keeping in mind the length + # of elements of s will change.
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3`s = '{'abc', 'def'}'` will result in a syntax error, please correct it – Devesh Kumar Singh Jun 19 '19 at 12:53
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2That's not a valid string. Please show an actual string, with proper escapes if necessary. – Mad Physicist Jun 19 '19 at 12:53
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If you have situation such as this one:
s = "{'abc', 'def'}"
Use literal_eval :
from ast import literal_eval
list(literal_eval(s))
['abc', 'def']
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1Maybe explain what [`literal_eval`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/ast.html#ast.literal_eval) is ? I linked to the doc for you. – IMCoins Jun 19 '19 at 13:00
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