> I want the variable 'string' to be a string and not a list.. > >>> n =10 > >>> string = "n = ", n > >>> print string > ('n = ', 10) > > I want string to be "n = 10". How? Like this: >>> >>> n = 10 >>> s = "n = " + str(n) >>> s 'n = 10' And, by the way, 'string' is probably a bad variable name (presuming you may want to import the string module sometime). Trent