[Tutor] Re: Persistent Dictionary Variable

[Andrei]

Jacob Abraham wrote:
<snip>
>>>>a={'key1':[1,2,3],'key2':'value'}
>>>>b=str(a)
>>>>b
> 
> "{'key1':[1,2,3],'key2':'value'}"
> 
>>>># b is right now a string how do I convert it back
> 
> ...into a dictionary variable
> 

You could add at the end of that code:

   b = eval(b)

Note that when using eval, you must be confident the source of the 
string you're going to eval is trustworthy, otherwise Bad Things might 
happen since you're executing code you might not have written yourself.

Andrei

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