How can I convert a string "True" to boolean. Python

Question

So I have this data that list of True and False for example

tf = ['True', 'False', 'False']

how can I convert tf to a bool. Once I print(tf[0]) it prints

True

Answer 1

Use the ast module:

import ast
tf = ['True', 'False', 'False']
print(type(ast.literal_eval(tf[0])))
print(ast.literal_eval(tf[0]))

Result:

<class 'bool'>
True

Ast Documentation

Literal_eval

Answer 2

Simply use a dictionary to map the strings and boolean values

tf = ['True', 'False', 'False']
toBool = {'True':True,'False':False}
print(toBool[tf[0]])