Removing the apostrophe from the list items

Question

I have the following list in Python:

['[0,0]', '[0,1]', '[1,0]', '[1,1]']

How can I remove the apostrophes around each list item?

Thanks.

Where did that list come from? The fix might be as simple as removing an errant `str()` call somewhere else. — Samwise, Dec 01 '21 at 18:59

not_speshal · Answer 1 · 2021-12-01T19:04:06.907

1

Use eval carefully:

>>> [eval(l) for l in lst]
[[0, 0], [0, 1], [1, 0], [1, 1]]

Or json.loads:

import json

>>> [json.loads(l) for l in lst]
[[0, 0], [0, 1], [1, 0], [1, 1]]

edited Dec 01 '21 at 19:04

answered Dec 01 '21 at 18:58

not_speshal

`ast.literal_eval` would work in favor of `eval` (which is extremely insecure) – Wondercricket Dec 01 '21 at 19:04
@Wondercricket - Use eval "carefully" ;). See the attached link. – not_speshal Dec 01 '21 at 19:04

1 Answers1