How to convert string representation of list to a list

You can use the ast.literal_eval() function from the ast module to safely evaluate a string and convert it to a list. Here's an example:

Convert string representation of list to a list in Python

import ast

string_representation = "[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]"
list_from_string = ast.literal_eval(string_representation)
print(list_from_string)  # Output: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

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This method is safe for untrusted input because ast.literal_eval() only parses Python literals and does not execute arbitrary code.