Convert a string of a list to a list

reference:

• stackoverflow: how to convert string representation of list to a list

solution:

• use json.loads(your_data) function in the json module to parse a stringified list of dictionaries
• NOTE: it works for '["a","b"]' but not for "['a','b']"

import json
x = '[ "A","B","C" , " D"]'

json.loads(x)

['A', 'B', 'C', ' D']

x = '["a","b"]' 
json.loads(x)    

['a', 'b']

try:
    x = "['a','b']"
    json.loads(x) 
except:
    print('error')

error