Bug fix thanks to @willmayfield! Check both starting/ending

characters are brackets for shell variable to be considered an array.

ush/python_utils/environment.py

@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def str_to_list(v):
     v = v.strip()
     if not v:
         return None
-    if v[0] == '(':
+    if v[0] == '(' and v[-1] == ')':
         v = v[1:-1]
         tokens = shlex.split(v)
         lst = []

ush/python_utils/test_python_utils.py

@@ -113,6 +113,14 @@ def test_import_vars(self):
         dictionary = { "Hello": "World!" }
         import_vars(dictionary=dictionary)
         self.assertEqual( Hello, "World!" )
+        #test array
+        shell_str='("1" "2") \n'
+        v = str_to_list(shell_str)
+        self.assertTrue( isinstance(v,list) )
+        self.assertEqual(v, [1, 2])
+        shell_str = '( "1" "2" \n'
+        v = str_to_list(shell_str)
+        self.assertFalse( isinstance(v,list) )
     def test_config_parser(self):
         cfg = { "HRS": [ "1", "2" ] }
         shell_str = cfg_to_shell_str(cfg)