Convert a string tuple to a tuple [duplicate]

Question

I have a user entered string which is already in tuple format and would like to convert/cast it to a actual tuple in python. How can I do this? E.g:

strTup = '(5, 6)'

Would like to convert the above to the tuple (5, 6). I tried tuple(strTup) which did not work as it made each character into its own tuple.

Answer 1

You can pass it to eval() (note: this is unsafe):

Just do:

    <!-- language: python -->
    strTup = '(5,6)'
    eval(strTup)