Convert String to List in Python Without Using Eval?

Question

I have a string, something like this: \"[[\'Cheese\', 72], [\'Milk\', 45], [\'Bread\', 22]]\".

I want to convert this to a list. I know I can use eval(s

Answer 1

Try to use the json module:

import json
s = "[['Cheese', 72], ['Milk', 45], ['Bread', 22]]"
s = s.replace("'", '"')
print json.loads(s)