[Zope] string to list

DA Loeffler David.Loeffler@bristol.ac.uk
Tue, 17 Sep 2002 16:50:28 +0100 (BST)


Try the Python eval() function:
>>> eval('["foo","bar"]')
['foo', 'bar']

hth

David

On Tue, 17 Sep 2002, Bryan C. Andregg wrote:

> I have a list that is stored in a database. When I retrieve the list it's
> returned as a string. I.E., ['a', 'b'] is not iterable. Does anyone have a
> conventient way to turn the string back into a list or should I just do the
> store differently?
> 
> Cheers,
> -- 
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