Dictionary from String?

[gslindstrom at gmail.com]

On May 8, 2011 2:00pm, Dan Stromberg <drsalists at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 8:20 AM, Greg Lindstrom gslindstrom at gmail.com>  
> wrote:

> Is it possible to create a dictionary from a string value? Something  
> along these lines (but that works):

> >>> mystring = "{'name':'greg','hatsize':'7 5/8'}"
> >>> mystring


> "{'name':'greg','hatsize':'7 5/8'}"
> >>> dict(mystring)
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "", line 1, in
> ValueError: dictionary update sequence element #0 has length 1; 2 is  
> required


Yes. It works like a champ. Thanks!
--greg
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