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 list comprehensions:

s = '1989, 1990'
[x.strip() for x in s.split(',')]

Short and easy.

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