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ZeroStack

Reputation: 1109

Convert string representation of list to list when elements are not encased in quotes

Similar to Convert string representation of list to list but consider the elements in the list are not encased in quotes, e.g

x = '[a, b, c, ab, adc, defg]'

How could you convert this to a list of string elements in python?

['a', 'b', 'c', 'ab', 'adc', 'defg']

Upvotes: 1

Views: 69

Answers (4)

Masudur Rahman
Masudur Rahman

Reputation: 1693

You could do following:

import re
x = '[a, b, c, ab, adc, defg]'
x = re.sub(r"[\[\]]", "", x)
split_x = x.split(',')
print(split_x)

Upvotes: 0

balderman
balderman

Reputation: 23815

Below

x = '[a, b, c, ab, adc, defg]'
l = x[x.find('[') + 1: x.find(']')].split(',')
print(l)

Upvotes: 0

Ofer Sadan
Ofer Sadan

Reputation: 11942

This should do the trick:

>>> x = '[a, b, c, ab, adc, defg]'
>>> [i.strip(',[]') for i in x.split()]
['a', 'b', 'c', 'ab', 'adc', 'defg']

But of course, this assumes this exact format and nothing else more complicated

Upvotes: 0

seymourgoestohollywood
seymourgoestohollywood

Reputation: 1167

As it's a string, you can take the square brackets off and split by your delimiter:

>>> x = '[a, b, c, ab, adc, defg]'
>>> x[1:-1].split(', ')

['a', 'b', 'c', 'ab', 'adc', 'defg']

Upvotes: 4

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