Re: newbie question

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On Thu, 24 Mar 2016 11:10 Sven R. Kunze, <srkunze@mail.de> wrote:

> On 24.03.2016 11:57, Matt Wheeler wrote:
> >>>> import ast
> >>>> s = "(1, 2, 3, 4)"
> >>>> t = ast.literal_eval(s)
> >>>> t
> > (1, 2, 3, 4)
>
> I suppose that's the better solution in terms of safety.
>

It has the added advantage that the enquirer gets to import a module that
shares their name ;)

>

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newbie question "ast" <nomail@com.invalid> - 2016-03-24 11:39 +0100
  Re: newbie question David Palao <dpalao.python@gmail.com> - 2016-03-24 11:49 +0100
    Re: newbie question "ast" <nomail@com.invalid> - 2016-03-24 11:54 +0100
    Re: newbie question Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-03-25 00:53 +1100
      Re: newbie question Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-03-24 15:05 +0000
        Re: newbie question wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2016-03-24 10:11 -0700
  Re: newbie question Matt Wheeler <m@funkyhat.org> - 2016-03-24 10:57 +0000
  Re: newbie question Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2016-03-24 05:58 -0500
  Re: newbie question "Sven R. Kunze" <srkunze@mail.de> - 2016-03-24 12:10 +0100
  Re: newbie question Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-03-24 22:13 +1100
  Re: newbie question Matt Wheeler <m@funkyhat.org> - 2016-03-24 13:22 +0000
    Re: newbie question "ast" <nomail@com.invalid> - 2016-03-28 17:34 +0200
      Re: newbie question "Sven R. Kunze" <srkunze@mail.de> - 2016-03-29 12:23 +0200
  Re: newbie question "Sven R. Kunze" <srkunze@mail.de> - 2016-03-24 18:47 +0100

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