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

i created generic method for this :

def convertToList(v):
    '''
    @return: input is converted to a list if needed
    '''
    if type(v) is list:
        return v
    elif v == None:
        return []
    else:
        return [v]

Maybe it is useful for your project.

converToList(s)