Answers for "how do i convert a string to a list in python?"

python string list to list

>>> import ast
>>> x = '[ "A","B","C" , " D"]'
>>> x = ast.literal_eval(x)
>>> x
['A', 'B', 'C', ' D']
>>> x = [n.strip() for n in x]
>>> x
['A', 'B', 'C', 'D']

convert string to list python

# To split the string at every character use the list() function
word = 'abc'
L = list(word)
L
# Output:
# ['a', 'b', 'c']

# To split the string at a specific character use the split() function
word = 'a,b,c'
L = word.split(',')
L
# Output:
# ['a', 'b', 'c']