Lists into Strings..?

[Jay Parlar]

If I understand you correctly, then it's a simple matter of using the 'join()' function, part of the 'string' library.

import string
lExistingList = ['spam','Spam','SPAM','bacon','Bacon']
sNewString = string.join(lExistingList)

Unless I've misunderstood you, that should do it.

> Hiya!
> 
> I am wondering of the best* way to make string equal to an entire list of 
> strings.
> 
> >>> lExistingList = ['spam','Spam','SPAM','bacon','Bacon']
> >>> sNewString = lExistingList
> 
> just doesn't seem to do it.
> 
> I know that I can write the list out to a file, and then read the whole 
> file in,   but that seems like so much overkill to me.
> 
> Thanks heaps!
> 
> tefol
> 
> *I let you define best anyway you like.  That seems to be the Python way.  
> :-)
> 
> Cha!