# Error while converting string to list
**URL:** https://forum.robotframework.org/t/error-while-converting-string-to-list/4993
**Category:** Robot Framework
**Created:** [28 November 2022 10:01 UTC](https://forum.robotframework.org/t/error-while-converting-string-to-list/4993 "2022-11-28T10:01:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@swapnil1518](https://forum.robotframework.org/u/swapnil1518)
#### Post date: [28 November 2022 10:01 UTC](https://forum.robotframework.org/t/error-while-converting-string-to-list/4993/1 "2022-11-28T10:01:53Z")
Hi I am getting this error
TypeError: Expected argument 1 to be a list or list-like, got string instead
How to convert given output into list in robotframework?
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### Author:  [@\_daryl](https://forum.robotframework.org/u/_daryl)
#### Post date: [28 November 2022 12:04 UTC](https://forum.robotframework.org/t/error-while-converting-string-to-list/4993/2 "2022-11-28T12:04:17Z")
> [@swapnil1518](#):
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> TypeError: Expected argument 1 to be a list or list-like, got string instead
Without guessing, it is worth sharing where the type error occurs since that seems to be where the problem lies, Thanks.
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### Author:  [@HelioGuilherme66](https://forum.robotframework.org/u/HelioGuilherme66)
#### Post date: [28 November 2022 15:37 UTC](https://forum.robotframework.org/t/error-while-converting-string-to-list/4993/3 "2022-11-28T15:37:41Z")
What you can do is to create a small example of what is your problem.
You have some output in the form of a string and want to convert to list.
What would be the separator for those elements?
This is an example of using python functions, if the separator is ‘:’ (I did not test this):
```python
@{my_list}= Create List ${output.split(':')}
```
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### Author:  [@swapnil1518](https://forum.robotframework.org/u/swapnil1518)
#### Post date: [1 December 2022 05:08 UTC](https://forum.robotframework.org/t/error-while-converting-string-to-list/4993/4 "2022-12-01T05:08:47Z")
This is resolved Thank You!