Re: Converting plain string to dictionary

2010-11-12 Thread Johannes Nel
pyparsing is an incredibly (perhaps over in this case) powerful tool for parsing stuff into what ever your heart desires. On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Javier Guerra Giraldez wrote: > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 3:40 AM, Pradnya wrote: >> Please let me know if there is any other way to convert t

Re: Converting plain string to dictionary

2010-11-12 Thread Javier Guerra Giraldez
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 3:40 AM, Pradnya wrote: > Please let me know if there is any other way to convert the plane > text / string into json if you have data in a non-standard format, you'll have to whip up your own parser -- Javier -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

Converting plain string to dictionary

2010-11-12 Thread Pradnya
Hello, I have a string as s = "{a : b, c : 2}" I want to convert this string to json object. There are no quotes inside the string that means it's not like "{'a' : 'b', 'c' : 2}", so when I tried to convert this string to json using eval() it's throwing exception. Please let me know if there is