How to interpret python source string as a real string?

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See this code:

my_src_str = '"""hello"""'

my_real_str = get_real_string_from_python_src_string(my_src_str)

In this case, my_src_str is a string representation in python source code format. I want to interpret it as a real python string. Here I want to get hello to my_real_str. How can I do this?

jamylak · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-08 09:08:50Z

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>>> import ast
>>> my_src_str = '"""hello"""'
>>> ast.literal_eval(my_src_str)
'hello'

answered May 8, 2013 at 9:08

jamylak

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