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

you don't need to go importing anything for this

s = '[24, 72, 95, 100, 59, 80, 87]'

s.translate(None, '[]').split(', ') will give you a list of numbers that are strings

if you want a list of ints try

[int(i) for i in s.translate(None, '[]').split(', ')]