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

You might consider using the json module to deserialize and making sure your strings are in json format.

See http://docs.python.org/2/library/json.html for details about using this module.