Apr 11, 2011 · str(anything) will convert any python object into its string representation. Similar to the output you get if you do print (anything), but as a string.

275 The json module is a better solution whenever there is a stringified list of dictionaries. The json.loads(your_data) function can be used to convert it to a list.

To split on other delimiters, see Split a string by a delimiter in python. To split into individual characters, see How do I split a string into a list of characters?.

Sep 17, 2012 · For handling a few strings in separate variables, see How do I append one string to another in Python?. For the opposite process - creating a list from a string - see How do I split a …

Sep 4, 2010 · I want to filter strings in a list based on a regular expression. Is there something better than [x for x in list if r.match(x)] ?

In Python, strings are already arrays of characters for all purposes except replacement. You can slice them, reference or look up items by index, etc.

Apr 16, 2014 · Pandas DataFrame stored list as string: How to convert back to list Asked 11 years, 8 months ago Modified 4 years, 2 months ago Viewed 157k times

It's a nice solution, but if you want to find the items which contain the given string, you will not succeed. Here you find out if any of the items contains the string.

Jan 7, 2014 · Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 2, in <module> TypeError: list indices must be integers, not str How would I achieve comparing the first and the last element of a list of …

Jan 6, 2021 · Another way to do the same thing is by using the map function in python. However for efficiency reason, the type of the output is of type Map[str] instead of type List[str].