Convert String to Dictionary question

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"Gustavo Cordova" <gcordova at hebmex.com> wrote in message
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> >
> > I saved my dictionary {'hello1': [1, 0, 0]} to a file.
> >
> > When I do a readline the I get back a string.
> >
> > How do I convert this string to a dictionary?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
>
> You eval() it?
>
> >>> d = { "one":1, "two":2, "three":3 }
> >>> print d
> {'three': 3, 'two': 2, 'one': 1}
> >>> S = str(d)
> >>> print S
> {'three': 3, 'two': 2, 'one': 1}
> >>> dd = eval(S)
> >>> print dd
> {'one': 1, 'three': 3, 'two': 2}
> >>> d is dd
> 0
> >>>
>
>
> Do I pass??
>
> :-)
>
> -gustavo
>

I never would have figured that one out.  Even after reading the
documentation it still does not appear that the eval() function would do
that.

Thanks for the info.