How to turn a 'string list' into a real list?

Question

I am opening a .txt file and have to use a list inside of it for a function I am writing. This is one of the lists given in the text file:

\'[24, 72         


        

Answer 1

Use ast.literal_eval:

strs='[24, 72, 95, 100, 59, 80, 87]\n'
list_of_strs = ast.literal_eval(strs)

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