def str2list(s): """Convert string to list: String format: ['value1','val\'ue2'] """ value = r'(?:\\\\|\\\'|[^\'])' element = r""" \s*' # begin value (%(v)s*) '\s* # end value """ % {"v":value} reList = re.compile(element, re.X) reMatchList = re.compile(""" ^\[ # begin dict ((%(v)s,)* # many elements with comma at end %(v)s)? # element without comma \]$ # end dict """ % {'v':element}, re.X) if reMatchList.match(s.strip()): replaceSlash = MultiReplace({'\\\\':'\\','\\\'':'\''}) return [replaceSlash(i) for i in reList.findall(s)] else: cl_overriding.printERROR(_("wrong list value: %s"%s)) cl_overriding.exit(1)
def str2dict(s): """Convert string to dictionary: String format: {'key1':'value1','key2':'val\'ue2'} """ value = r'(?:\\\\|\\\'|[^\'])' pair = r""" \s*' # begin key (%(v)s*) ' # end key \s*:\s* # delimeter key/value ' # begin value (%(v)s*) '\s* # end value """ % {"v":value} reDict = re.compile(pair, re.X) reMatchDict = re.compile(""" ^{ # begin dict ((%(v)s,)* # many pair with comma at end %(v)s)? # pair without comma }$ # end dict """ % {'v':pair}, re.X) if reMatchDict.match(s.strip()): d = dict(reDict.findall(s)) replaceSlash = MultiReplace({'\\\\':'\\','\\\'':'\''}) for i in d.keys(): d[i] = replaceSlash(d[i]) return d else: cl_overriding.printERROR(_("wrong dict value: %s"%s)) cl_overriding.exit(1)