title: Treating string as a list object in python
body: <p>I'm writing a python program that takes user input from the command line. The user is told to enter in values in a list format, i.e. the user might enter <code>[1, 2], [2, 7], [4, 3]</code>, etc.</p>
  
  <p>I'm splitting this input string at <code>", "</code>  so that my program has access to a list such as:</p>
  
  <pre><code>['[1, 2]', '[2, 7]', '[4, 3]']
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is there any way to convert each of these "string lists" into actual lists? I don't want to have to split these strings and remove the brackets, extract the values, and create a new list manually.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>