[Tutor] Noob question

[Eric Brunson]

quantrum75 wrote:
> Hi there,
> I am a newbie trying to actively learn python.
> My question is,
> Suppose I have a list
> a=["apple","orange","banana"]
>
> How do I convert this list into a string which is
>
> b="appleorangebanana"
> Sorry for my ignorance, 

No worries, every new language has its idioms that only come from 
experience and exposure.

Try this:

In [1]: a=["apple","orange","banana"]

In [2]: print "".join( a )
appleorangebanana

And just for clarity:

In [3]: print "|".join( a )
apple|orange|banana

Hope that helps, good luck learning python.

Sincerely,
e.

> but I have been trying a "for" loop and trying the inbuilt str.join() 
> method without success.
> Thanks a lot.
> Regards
> Quant
>
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