Convert string to command..

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Abandoned wrote:

> I want to convert a string to command..
> For example i have a string:
> a="['1']"
> I want to do this list..
> How can i do ?

The correct wording here would be expression. To evaluate expressions, there
is the function eval:

a = eval("['1']")

But beware: if the expression contains some potentially harmful code, it
will be executed. So it is generally considered bad style to use eval.

An example that fails would be 

a = eval("10**2000**2000")

or such thing.

Another alternative is to use parsers like simplejson to extract the
information. This of course only works, if your expressions are valid json.

Diez