Apr 11, 2011 · str(anything) will convert any python object into its string representation. Similar to the output you get if you do print (anything), but as a string.

275 The json module is a better solution whenever there is a stringified list of dictionaries. The json.loads(your_data) function can be used to convert it to a list.

Off-topic, but for search's sake : Convert string representation of list to list.

To split on other delimiters, see Split a string by a delimiter in python. To split into individual characters, see How do I split a string into a list of characters?.

Sep 17, 2012 · For handling a few strings in separate variables, see How do I append one string to another in Python?. For the opposite process - creating a list from a string - see How do I split a …

Mar 31, 2010 · Your question admits of too many possibilities. Does the text file only contain a list of numbers, or is that list in a larger context. Do you get to control how you read from the document or …

Apr 16, 2014 · Pandas DataFrame stored list as string: How to convert back to list Asked 11 years, 8 months ago Modified 4 years, 2 months ago Viewed 157k times

The difference is, I wanted to check if a string is part of some list of strings whereas the other question is checking whether a string from a list of strings is a substring of another string. Similar, but not quite …

Jan 7, 2014 · Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 2, in <module> TypeError: list indices must be integers, not str How would I achieve comparing the first and the last element of a list of …

May 31, 2011 · I'm trying to convert a string to a list of words using python. I want to take something like the following: string = 'This is a string, with words!' Then convert to something like this : list = ...