conver string to dictionary

[mahdieh saeed]

Hi
  I want to convert string to dictionary .what is the best solution for this ?
  for example string is like this:
   
  '{"SalutationID":["primarykey",8388607,0,None],"CompanyID":[0,8388607,0,"index"],
 "SalutationName":["",255,0,None],"isDefault":["tinyint",1,1,None]}'
   
  and I want to convert this string to this dictionary:
   
  {"SalutationID":["primarykey",8388607,0,None],"CompanyID":[0,8388607,0,"index"],
 "SalutationName":["",255,0,None],"isDefault":["tinyint",1,1,None]}
   
  please help me what is the best solution(faster solution) for this?
   
  thanks 
  regards
  saeed
   
   

 
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