title: Convert string into JSON in Python
body: <p>I have this simplify array to be converted into JSON. For some reason, it does not working. </p>
  
  <pre><code>import json
  arr = "[{u'symbol': u'YTLREIT', u'code': u'5109', u'name': u'YTL HOSPITALITY REIT'}]"
  data = json.loads(arr)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The error I received, </p>
  
  <p><code>ValueError: Expecting property name: line 1 column 3 (char 2)</code></p>