PLPGSQL returned array, how to parse in Python?

I'm getting an array from plpgsql that looks like this:

[0:2]={
"(ab023500-ceef-41d6-af33-635964dbffde,Koen,\"\",Schmeets,{koen@heizoo.com},31631205427},\"{\"\"Test categorie\"\"}\",{ff0000})",
"(384cb1e9-58b9-4bdf-9da6-eb3d9355471b,Marc,\"\",Vrijhof,{},{},\"{\"\"Test categorie\"\"}\",{ff0000})",
"(9c19ec5c-6b95-456a-af6f-c3388835b780,Michael,\"\",\"Baas ;)\",{},{},    \"{\"\"Subcategorie test\"\",\"\"Test categorie\"\"}\",\"{NULL,ff0000}\")"}

I have built my own interpreter to get the array in a list of Python,开发者_开发问答 but it doesn't seem to be fail-proof. Does anybody have a clue how to parse this array in Python?

Edit

unnest() made it possible for me to get a nice array with the following function:

CREATE FUNCTION array_to_json_string(in_varchararray character varying[])
  RETURNS character varying LANGUAGE plpythonu AS
$_$
import cjson
   
plan = plpy.prepare("SELECT * FROM unnest($1)", ["varchar[]"])
rv = plpy.execute(plan, [in_varchararray])

retList = []
for r in rv:
    retList .append(r["unnest"])
return cjson.encode(retList)
$_$;

Although... it is pretty slow!

Does anybody know how to turn the plpgsql array into comma separated values?

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Consider unnesting the array before it gets to python, either using unnest in 8.4 or roll your own with:

create or replace function unnest(anyarray) returns setof anyelement as $$
  select $1[i] from generate_series(array_lower($1,1), array_upper($1,1)) i;
$$ language'sql' immutable;

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Use array_to_string() to convert an array into a comma separated string.
Like this:

SELECT array_to_string(
    $$[0:2]={
    "(ab023500-ceef-41d6-af33-635964dbffde,Koen,\"\",Schmeets,{koen@heizoo.com},{31631205427},\"{\"\"Test categorie\"\"}\",{ff0000})",
    "(384cb1e9-58b9-4bdf-9da6-eb3d9355471b,Marc,\"\",Vrijhof,{},{},\"{\"\"Test categorie\"\"}\",{ff0000})",
    "(9c19ec5c-6b95-456a-af6f-c3388835b780,Michael,\"\",\"Baas ;)\",{},{},\"{\"\"Subcategorie test\"\",\"\"Test categorie\"\"}\",\"{NULL,ff0000}\")"
    }$$::text[]
    , ',');