string to list? possible?

[maximilianscherr]

Thanks, to everyone

--- In python-list at y..., bbrox at b... (Lionel Ulmer) wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Jan 2002 19:38:20 -0000, maximilianscherr
> <MaximilianScherr at T...> wrote:
> >i need to convert a string like "[1, 2, 3, 4]" to a list [1, 2, 3, 
4].
> >possible?
> 
> >>> a = eval("[1, 2, 3, 4]")
> >>> a
> [1, 2, 3, 4]
> 
> But well, you need to be sure that no syntax errors are in the 
lists :-)
> 
>                  Lionel
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