@staticmethod
def list_from_str(string):
    """Reformat the string into a list

        Parameters
        ----------
        string: str
            string that you would like reformatted into a list
        """
    list = []
    if '[' in string:
        string.replace('[', '')
    if ']' in string:
        string.replace(']', '')
    if ', ' in string:
        list = string.split(', ')
    elif ' ' in string:
        list = string.split(' ')
    elif ',' in string:
        list = string.split(',')
    return list
