import ast
s1 = "'python', 'java', 'c#', 'vb'"
s2 = "'c', 'c++'"
s3 = "'html', 'javascript'"
s4 = "'php'"
lst = []
for s in (s1, s2, s3, s4):
lst.extend(ast.literal_eval(s))
print(lst)
'''
run:
['python', 'java', 'c#', 'vb', 'c', 'c++', 'html', 'javascript', 'p', 'h', 'p']
'''