Can't you just use the dict() built-in function like this: dict({"action_name": "action_1", "val": "asdf"})
Of course if the list is not properly formed, this will fail. But I guess you have thought of that already. On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:33 AM, SoxFan44 <gregchag...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was wondering if there was a way to create a list (which in this > case would contain several dicts) based on a string passed in by the > user. Security is not an issue. Basically I want to be able to have > the user pass in using optparse: > --actions=[{"action_name": "action_1", "val": "asdf", "val2": > "asdf"}, > {"action_name": "action_2", "val": "asdf", "val2": > "asdf"}, > {"action_name": "action_1", "val": "asdf", "val2": > "asdf"}] > > And have this create a list/dict. I'm aware of pickle, but it won't > work as far as I can tell. > > Thanks. > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- Gerald Britton -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list