[FIXED] Remove single quote from list of strings in pandas dataframe

Issue

I have a pandas dataframe that looks like the following. I want to get rid of the single quotes of the strings in the list. Any suggestion is appreciated.

    name      relations
0   mary      ['andrew', 'jane']
1   jack      ['priscilla', 'mary']
2   jason     ['howard', 'jackie']

Expected output

    name      relations
0   mary      [andrew, jane]
1   jack      [priscilla, mary]
2   jason     [howard, jackie]

Solution

The string becomes an object and displays an error if is not defined. But it should do what you need.

df['relations'] = df['relations'].apply(lambda x: list(map(eval,x)))

Answered By - darthbane426