>>> 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']
import ast
# initializing string representation of a list
ini_list = "[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]"
# Converting string to list
res = ast.literal_eval(ini_list)
# printing final result and its type
print ("final list", res)
print (type(res)) # 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']ls = '[1,2,3]'
# use json module
import json
ls = json.loads(ls)
print(ls) # [1,2,3]import ast
l1 = ['aa','bb','cc']
s = str(l1)
ast.literal_eval(s)
>>> ['aa','bb','cc']# Basic syntax using list comprehension:
lsit_of_strings = [str(i) for i in your_list]
# Example usage:
your_list = ['strings', 'and', 'numbers', 11, 23, 42]
lsit_of_strings = [str(i) for i in your_list]
print(lsit_of_strings)
--> ['strings', 'and', 'numbers', '11', '23', '42'] # List of strings