[Tutor] Str method

[Alan Gauld]

On 05/11/12 01:52, Oscar Benjamin wrote:
> On 5 November 2012 01:45, Ashley Fowler <afowler2 at broncos.uncfsu.edu> wrote:
>> I'm trying to  initialize a list to several elements using the string
>> method. I have some idea that you use a for loop I suppose...

It will help if you work on getting your terminology clearer.
Computing is a precise art, it has very specific meanings for things.
 From your previous thread I assume you mean that you want break a list 
down into its individual parts so that you can convert them to strings?

To get the individual parts you do indeed need a loop - a for loop is 
probably best.

To convert them to strings use the str() type convertor on each
part.

for part in myList:
     myString = str(part)

But assuming this is still part of your previous exercise you really 
want to create one long string so you probably want the last line to 
look like

     myString = myString + str(part)

There are more efficient ways of doing that but they might confuse you 
so I'll leave it with string addition for now.

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Alan G
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