How to convert a set to a list in python?

I am trying to convert a set to a list in Python 2.6. I'm using this syntax:

first_list = [1,2,3,4]
my_set=set(first_list)
my_list = list(my_set)

However, I get the following stack trace:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: 'set' object is not callable

How can I fix this?

Solution 1:

It is already a list:

>>> type(my_set)
<class 'list'>

Do you want something like:

>>> my_set = set([1, 2, 3, 4])
>>> my_list = list(my_set)
>>> print(my_list)
[1, 2, 3, 4]

EDIT: Output of your last comment:

>>> my_list = [1,2,3,4]
>>> my_set = set(my_list)
>>> my_new_list = list(my_set)
>>> print(my_new_list)
[1, 2, 3, 4]

I'm wondering if you did something like this:

>>> set = set()
>>> set([1, 2])

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: 'set' object is not callable

Solution 2:

Instead of:

first_list = [1,2,3,4]
my_set=set(first_list)
my_list = list(my_set)

Why not shortcut the process:

my_list = list(set([1,2,3,4])

This will remove the dupes from you list and return a list back to you.

Solution 3:

[EDITED] It's seems you earlier have redefined "list", using it as a variable name, like this:

list = set([1,2,3,4]) # oops
#...
first_list = [1,2,3,4]
my_set=set(first_list)
my_list = list(my_set)

And you'l get

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: 'set' object is not callable