string to list conversion in python

Question

I have a string.

s = \'1989, 1990\'

I want to convert that to list using python & i want output as,

s = [\'1989\', \'19         


        

Answer 1

Use the split method:

>>> '1989, 1990'.split(', ')
['1989', '1990']

But you might want to:

1. remove spaces using replace

2. split by ','

As such:

>>> '1989, 1990,1991'.replace(' ', '').split(',')
['1989', '1990', '1991']

This will work better if your string comes from user input, as the user may forget to hit space after a comma.