from ast import literal_eval
mstr = "['1838', '13735', '8285', '35386']"
mstr = literal_eval(mstr)
print(type(mstr))
print(mstr)C:\python3\python.exe D:/test.py
<class 'list'>
['1838', '13735', '8285', '35386']
Process finished with exit code 0 from ast import literal_eval
mstr = "['1838', '13735', '8285', '35386']"
mstr = literal_eval(mstr)
print(type(mstr))
print(mstr)C:\python3\python.exe D:/test.py
<class 'list'>
['1838', '13735', '8285', '35386']
Process finished with exit code 0