I have a list of strings, which I need to convert into tuples. If the
string is not in python tuple format (i.e. "('one', 'two')", "("one",
'two')", etc.), then I can just make it a 1-tuple (i.e. return
(string,) ). If it is in python tuple format, I need to parse it and
return the appropriate tuple (it's ok to keep all tuple elements as
strings).
I think eval() will work for this, but I don't know what will be in
the string, so I don't feel comfortable using that.
I tried coming up with a regex, but the best I can get with my limit
knowledge right now is:
matches = re.match("\(['\"](.*)['\"], ['\"](.*)['\"]\)", string)
which works well enough for my purposes (even though I know it's far
from proper), except that it only captures as 2-tuples, and I need to
be able to capture n-tuples. Can someone help point me to the correct
re or a better way to solve this?
Thanks in advance,
Daniel 3 3917
On Apr 23, 6:24*pm, Daniel <the.d...@gmail.comwrote:
I have a list of strings, which I need to convert into tuples. *If the
string is not in python tuple format (i.e. "('one', 'two')", "("one",
'two')", etc.), then I can just make it a 1-tuple (i.e. return
(string,) ). *If it is in python tuple format, I need to parse it and
return the appropriate tuple (it's ok to keep all tuple elements as
strings).
I think eval() will work for this, but I don't know what will be in
the string, so I don't feel comfortable using that.
Check out one of the safe restricted eval recipes, e.g. http://preview.tinyurl.com/6h7ous.
HTH,
George
On Apr 23, 4:22 pm, George Sakkis <george.sak...@gmail.comwrote:
On Apr 23, 6:24 pm, Daniel <the.d...@gmail.comwrote:
I have a list of strings, which I need to convert into tuples. If the
string is not in python tuple format (i.e. "('one', 'two')", "("one",
'two')", etc.), then I can just make it a 1-tuple (i.e. return
(string,) ). If it is in python tuple format, I need to parse it and
return the appropriate tuple (it's ok to keep all tuple elements as
strings).
I think eval() will work for this, but I don't know what will be in
the string, so I don't feel comfortable using that.
Check out one of the safe restricted eval recipes, e.g.http://preview.tinyurl.com/6h7ous.
Thank you very much!
HTH,
George
On Apr 24, 12:21*am, Daniel <the.d...@gmail.comwrote:
On Apr 23, 4:22 pm, George Sakkis <george.sak...@gmail.comwrote:On Apr23, 6:24 pm, Daniel <the.d...@gmail.comwrote:
I have a list of strings, which I need to convert into tuples. *If the
string is not in python tuple format (i.e. "('one', 'two')", "("one",
'two')", etc.), then I can just make it a 1-tuple (i.e. return
(string,) ). *If it is in python tuple format, I need to parse it and
return the appropriate tuple (it's ok to keep all tuple elements as
strings).
I think eval() will work for this, but I don't know what will be in
the string, so I don't feel comfortable using that.
Check out one of the safe restricted eval recipes, e.g.http://preview.tinyurl.com/6h7ous.
Thank you very much!
You're welcome. By the way, there's a caveat: simple_eval() doesn't
require a comma between tuple/list elements or dict pairs:
>>simple_eval('(2 3)')
(2, 3)
>>simple_eval('[1 2 ,3]')
[1, 2, 3]
>>simple_eval('{ 1:"a" 2:"b"}')
{1: 'a', 2: 'b'}
Also parenthesized values are evaluated as 1-tuples
>>simple_eval('(2)')
(2,)
Since it doesn't evaluate general expressions anyway, that's not
necessarily a problem. In any case, making it strict is left as an
exercise to the reader :)
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