how to transfer a string into python list 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 convert string to list

fruit = 'apple oranges banans'
newlist = fruit.split()
print(newlist)