covert a string which is a list into a proper list python

Question

How do I convert this string which is a list into a proper list?

mylist = \"[\'KYS_Q5Aa8\', \'KYS_Q5Aa9\']\"

I tired this but its not what

Answer 1

you can use json library and it's more efficient than eval.

import json
mylist = "['KYS_Q5Aa8', 'KYS_Q5Aa9']"
mylist = json.loads(mylist.replace("'",'\"'))