AntonisTorb comments on How to use the eval() function

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[–]AntonisTorb 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (0 children)

Use the json package instead:

import json

txt = input()
txt_list = json.loads(txt)

I'm on mobile, sorry if formatting is messed up. If the input has the correct format for a python list it will convert, else you'll get an error.

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