Wes James
2/18/2010 7:33:00 PM
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 8:18 AM, Tim Chase
<python.list@tim.thechases.com> wrote:
> Wes James wrote:
<snip>
>
> Just to add to the list of solutions I've seen, letting the built-in csv
> module do the heavy lifting:
>
> >>> s = "['a','b']"
> >>> import csv
> >>> no_brackets = s[1:-1] # s.strip(' \t[]')
> >>> c = csv.reader([no_brackets], quotechar="'")
> >>> c.next()
> ['a', 'b']
>
> This also gives you a bit of control regarding how escaping is done, and
> other knobs & dials to twiddle if you need. Additionally, if you have more
> than one string to process coming from an iterable source (such as a file),
> you can just pass that iterator to csv.reader() instead of concocting a
> one-element list.
Thx, I think this will work for what I want.
-wes