The latest articles on DEV Community by Ahmad (@ahmadpak). https://dev.to/ahmadpak https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F383437%2F078fdbd7-072d-4adf-ac05-cc66e36f049d.png https://dev.to/ahmadpak en Ahmad Thu, 16 Jul 2020 19:04:49 +0000 https://dev.to/ahmadpak/answer-how-to-convert-array-string-to-an-array-in-python-duplicate-2jap https://dev.to/ahmadpak/answer-how-to-convert-array-string-to-an-array-in-python-duplicate-2jap <div class="ltag__stackexchange--container"> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--title-container"> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--title"> <h1> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--pTF_nE4a--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://practicaldev-herokuapp-com.freetls.fastly.net/assets/stackoverflow-logo-b42691ae545e4810b105ee957979a853a696085e67e43ee14c5699cf3e890fb4.svg" alt=""> <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25572247/how-to-convert-array-string-to-an-array-in-python/25572270#25572270" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <span class="title-flare">answer</span> re: How to convert array string to an array in python </a> </h1> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--post-metadata"> <span>Aug 29 '14</span> </div> </div> <a class="ltag__stackexchange--score-container" href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25572247/how-to-convert-array-string-to-an-array-in-python/25572270#25572270" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--5MiFESHx--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://practicaldev-herokuapp-com.freetls.fastly.net/assets/stackexchange-arrow-up-eff2e2849e67d156181d258e38802c0b57fa011f74164a7f97675ca3b6ab756b.svg" alt=""> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--score-number"> 17 </div> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--Rk_a5QFN--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://practicaldev-herokuapp-com.freetls.fastly.net/assets/stackexchange-arrow-down-4349fac0dd932d284fab7e4dd9846f19a3710558efde0d2dfd05897f3eeb9aba.svg" alt=""> </a> </div> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--body"> <p>You can use <a href="https://docs.python.org/2/library/ast.html#ast.literal_eval" rel="noreferrer">ast.literal_eval</a></p> <pre><code>&gt;&gt;&gt; from ast import literal_eval &gt;&gt;&gt; s = "['a',['b','c','d'],'e']" &gt;&gt;&gt; print(literal_eval(s)) ['a', ['b', 'c', 'd'], 'e'] </code></pre> </div> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--btn--container"> <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25572247/how-to-convert-array-string-to-an-array-in-python/25572270#25572270" rel="noopener noreferrer">Open Full Answer</a> </div> </div>