string list convert ot list in pytho code example

Example 1: how do i convert a list to a string in python

lines2 = " ".join(lines) 	# Converts the list to a string.
							# This should work for writing to a file
file.write(lines2)

Example 2: python string list to list

>>> import ast
>>> x = '[ "A","B","C" , " D"]'
>>> x = ast.literal_eval(x)
>>> x
['A', 'B', 'C', ' D']
>>> x = [n.strip() for n in x]
>>> x
['A', 'B', 'C', 'D']