convert string to dictionary in python

Cool trick to convert strings into dictionary object in Python Programming

Method 1: Using ast.literal_eval

## Example

import ast

strr = "{'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3}"

strr_dict=ast.literal_eval(strr)

Method 2: Using json

## Example

Check here http://docs.python.org/library/json.html