ast.literal_eval()

ast.literal_eval(node_or_string)

Safely evaluate an expression node or a string containing a Python literal or container display. The string or node provided may only consist of the following Python literal structures: strings, bytes, numbers, tuples, lists, dicts, sets, booleans, and None.

This can be used for safely evaluating strings containing Python values from untrusted sources without the need to parse the values oneself. It is not capable of evaluating arbitrarily complex expressions, for example involving operators or indexing.

Changed in version 3.2: Now allows bytes and set literals.

Links:

https://docs.python.org/3.5/library/ast.html#ast.literal_eval

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2016-10-07 17:26:20

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