It seems that
include_string("[1,2,3]")
also works. Is there any reason to prefer one or the other of these
techniques over the other?
Thanks,
Peter
On Monday, August 31, 2015 at 2:52:09 AM UTC-7, René Donner wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> yes, it works almost the same:
>
> julia> eval(parse("[1,2,3]"))
> 3-element Array{Int64,1}:
> 1
> 2
> 3
>
>
> parse parses the string into an expression (abstract syntax tree, AST),
> and eval, well, evaluates ;-)
>
> But take care, any valid code inside the string will get executed.
>
> Rene
>
>
>
>
> Am 31.08.2015 um 11:48 schrieb Ali Rezaee <arv....@gmail.com <javascript:>>:
>
>
> > How can I convert the string representation of an array, such as the
> following string, into an Array?
> >
> >
> > s = "[1,2,3]"
> >
> > I am reading these strings from a file and I am looking for an easy way
> to have them as a list.
> > In Python I would use eval function. Is there an alternative in Julia?
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > Ali
> >
>
>
