Lists into Strings..?

Mark Jackson mjackson at wrc.xerox.com
Wed Aug 29 16:09:08 EDT 2001


tefol at This.Is.Not.An.Address (tefol) writes:

> 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.

Is

>>> lExistingList = ['spam','Spam','SPAM','bacon','Bacon']
>>> sNewString = "".join(lExistingList)
>>> print sNewString
spamSpamSPAMbaconBacon

what you were looking for?

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