{"id":113632,"date":"2020-05-31T08:10:03","date_gmt":"2020-05-31T08:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.finxter.com\/?p=9147"},"modified":"2020-05-31T08:10:03","modified_gmt":"2020-05-31T08:10:03","slug":"python-join-list-ultimate-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/05\/31\/python-join-list-ultimate-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Python Join List [Ultimate Guide]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this ultimate guide, you&#8217;ll learn everything you need to know about joining list elements in Python. To give you a quick overview, let&#8217;s have a look at the following problem.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Problem<\/strong>: Given a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.finxter.com\/python-lists\/\" target=\"_blank\">list <\/a>of elements. How to join the elements by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.finxter.com\/concatenate-lists-in-python\/\" target=\"_blank\">concatenating<\/a> all elements in the list?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Example<\/strong>: You want to <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.finxter.com\/python-list-to-string\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">convert list<\/a> <code>['learn ', 'python ', 'fast']<\/code> to the string <code>'learn python fast'<\/code>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Quick Solution<\/strong>: to convert a list of strings to a string, do the following.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Call the <code>''.join(list)<\/code> method on the empty string <code>''<\/code> that glues together all strings in the <code>list<\/code> and returns a new string. <\/li>\n<li>The string on which you call the join method is used as a delimiter between the list elements. <\/li>\n<li>If you don&#8217;t need a delimiter, just use the empty string <code>''<\/code>. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Code<\/strong>: Let&#8217;s have a look at the code.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\" data-enlighter-theme=\"\" data-enlighter-highlight=\"\" data-enlighter-linenumbers=\"\" data-enlighter-lineoffset=\"\" data-enlighter-title=\"\" data-enlighter-group=\"\">lst = ['learn ', 'python ', 'fast']\nprint(''.join(lst))<\/pre>\n<p>The output is:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\" data-enlighter-theme=\"\" data-enlighter-highlight=\"\" data-enlighter-linenumbers=\"\" data-enlighter-lineoffset=\"\" data-enlighter-title=\"\" data-enlighter-group=\"\">learn python fast<\/pre>\n<p>Try it yourself in our interactive Python shell:<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/repl.it\/@finxter\/joinpythonstringlist?lite=true\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-pointer-lock allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-modals\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400px\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>You can also use another delimiter string, for example, the comma:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\" data-enlighter-theme=\"\" data-enlighter-highlight=\"\" data-enlighter-linenumbers=\"\" data-enlighter-lineoffset=\"\" data-enlighter-title=\"\" data-enlighter-group=\"\">lst = ['learn' , 'python', 'fast']\nprint(','.join(lst))\n# learn,python,fast<\/pre>\n<h2>Python Join List Syntax<\/h2>\n<h2>Python Join List of Lists<\/h2>\n<h2>Python Join List of Strings With Comma<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Problem<\/strong>: Given a list of strings. How to convert the list to a string by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.finxter.com\/concatenate-lists-in-python\/\" target=\"_blank\">concatenating<\/a> all strings in the list&#8212;using a comma as the delimiter between the list elements?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Example<\/strong>: You want to convert list <code>['learn', 'python', 'fast']<\/code> to the string <code>'learn,python,fast'<\/code>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong>: to convert a list of strings to a string, call the <code>','.join(list)<\/code> method on the delimiter string <code>','<\/code> that glues together all strings in the <code>list<\/code> and returns a new string. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Code<\/strong>: Let&#8217;s have a look at the code.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\" data-enlighter-theme=\"\" data-enlighter-highlight=\"\" data-enlighter-linenumbers=\"\" data-enlighter-lineoffset=\"\" data-enlighter-title=\"\" data-enlighter-group=\"\">lst = ['learn', 'python', 'fast']\nprint(','.join(lst))<\/pre>\n<p>The output is:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\" data-enlighter-theme=\"\" data-enlighter-highlight=\"\" data-enlighter-linenumbers=\"\" data-enlighter-lineoffset=\"\" data-enlighter-title=\"\" data-enlighter-group=\"\">learn,python,fast<\/pre>\n<h2>Python Join List of Strings With Newline<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Problem<\/strong>: Given a list of strings. How to convert the list to a string by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.finxter.com\/concatenate-lists-in-python\/\" target=\"_blank\">concatenating<\/a> all strings in the list&#8212;using a newline character as the delimiter between the list elements?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Example<\/strong>: You want to convert list <code>['learn', 'python', 'fast']<\/code> to the string <code>'learn\\npython\\nfast'<\/code> or as a multiline string:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\" data-enlighter-theme=\"\" data-enlighter-highlight=\"\" data-enlighter-linenumbers=\"\" data-enlighter-lineoffset=\"\" data-enlighter-title=\"\" data-enlighter-group=\"\">'''learn\npython\nfast'''<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong>: to convert a list of strings to a string, call the <code>'\\n'.join(list)<\/code> method on the newline character <code>'\\n'<\/code> that glues together all strings in the <code>list<\/code> and returns a new string. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Code<\/strong>: Let&#8217;s have a look at the code.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\" data-enlighter-theme=\"\" data-enlighter-highlight=\"\" data-enlighter-linenumbers=\"\" data-enlighter-lineoffset=\"\" data-enlighter-title=\"\" data-enlighter-group=\"\">lst = ['learn', 'python', 'fast']\nprint('\\n'.join(lst))<\/pre>\n<p>The output is:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\" data-enlighter-theme=\"\" data-enlighter-highlight=\"\" data-enlighter-linenumbers=\"\" data-enlighter-lineoffset=\"\" data-enlighter-title=\"\" data-enlighter-group=\"\">learn\npython\nfast<\/pre>\n<h2>Python Join List of Strings With Space<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Problem<\/strong>: Given a list of strings. How to convert the list to a string by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.finxter.com\/concatenate-lists-in-python\/\" target=\"_blank\">concatenating<\/a> all strings in the list&#8212;using a space as the delimiter between the list elements?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Example<\/strong>: You want to convert list <code>['learn', 'python', 'fast']<\/code> to the string <code>'learn python fast'<\/code>. (Note the empty spaces between the terms.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong>: to convert a list of strings to a string, call the <code>' '.join(list)<\/code> method on the string <code>' '<\/code> (space character) that glues together all strings in the <code>list<\/code> and returns a new string. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Code<\/strong>: Let&#8217;s have a look at the code.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\" data-enlighter-theme=\"\" data-enlighter-highlight=\"\" data-enlighter-linenumbers=\"\" data-enlighter-lineoffset=\"\" data-enlighter-title=\"\" data-enlighter-group=\"\">lst = ['learn', 'python', 'fast']\nprint(' '.join(lst))<\/pre>\n<p>The output is:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\" data-enlighter-theme=\"\" data-enlighter-highlight=\"\" data-enlighter-linenumbers=\"\" data-enlighter-lineoffset=\"\" data-enlighter-title=\"\" data-enlighter-group=\"\">learn python fast<\/pre>\n<h2>Python Join List With Single and Double Quotes<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Problem<\/strong>: Given a list of strings. How to convert the list to a string by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.finxter.com\/concatenate-lists-in-python\/\" target=\"_blank\">concatenating<\/a> all strings in the list&#8212;using a comma character followed by an empty space as the delimiter between the list elements? Additionally, you want to wrap each string in double quotes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Example<\/strong>: You want to convert list <code>['learn', 'python', 'fast']<\/code> to the string <code>'\"learn\", \"python\", \"fast\"'<\/code> :<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong>: to convert a list of strings to a string, call the <code>', '.join('\"' + x + '\"' for x in lst)<\/code> method on the delimiter string <code>', '<\/code> that glues together all strings in the <code>list<\/code> and returns a new string. You use a generator expression to modify each element of the original element so that it is enclosed by the double quote <code>\"<\/code> chararacter. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Code<\/strong>: Let&#8217;s have a look at the code.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\" data-enlighter-theme=\"\" data-enlighter-highlight=\"\" data-enlighter-linenumbers=\"\" data-enlighter-lineoffset=\"\" data-enlighter-title=\"\" data-enlighter-group=\"\">lst = ['learn', 'python', 'fast']\nprint(', '.join('\"' + x + '\"' for x in lst))\n<\/pre>\n<p>The output is:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\" data-enlighter-theme=\"\" data-enlighter-highlight=\"\" data-enlighter-linenumbers=\"\" data-enlighter-lineoffset=\"\" data-enlighter-title=\"\" data-enlighter-group=\"\">\"learn\", \"python\", \"fast\"<\/pre>\n<h2>Python Join List With None<\/h2>\n<h2>Python Join List With Tabs<\/h2>\n<h2>Python Join List With Delimiter<\/h2>\n<h2>Python Join List With Carriage Return<\/h2>\n<h2>Python Join List with Underscore<\/h2>\n<h2>Python Join List of Integers<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Problem<\/strong>: You want to convert a list into a string but the list contains integer values.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Example<\/strong>: Convert the list <code>[1, 2, 3]<\/code> to a string <code>'123'<\/code>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong>: Use the join method in combination with a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.finxter.com\/list-comprehension\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">generator expression<\/a> to convert the list of integers to a single string value: <\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\" data-enlighter-theme=\"\" data-enlighter-highlight=\"\" data-enlighter-linenumbers=\"\" data-enlighter-lineoffset=\"\" data-enlighter-title=\"\" data-enlighter-group=\"\">lst = [1, 2, 3]\nprint(''.join(str(x) for x in lst))\n# 123<\/pre>\n<p>The generator expression converts each element in the list to a string. You can then combine the string elements using the join method of the string object. <\/p>\n<p>If you miss the conversion from integer to string, you get the following <code>TypeError<\/code>:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\" data-enlighter-theme=\"\" data-enlighter-highlight=\"\" data-enlighter-linenumbers=\"\" data-enlighter-lineoffset=\"\" data-enlighter-title=\"\" data-enlighter-group=\"\">lst = [1, 2, 3]\nprint(''.join(lst)) '''\nTraceback (most recent call last): File \"C:\\Users\\xcent\\Desktop\\code.py\", line 2, in &lt;module> print(''.join(lst))\nTypeError: sequence item 0: expected str instance, int found '''<\/pre>\n<h2>Python Join List of Floats<\/h2>\n<h2>Python Join List of Booleans<\/h2>\n<h2>Python Join List of Tuples<\/h2>\n<h2>Python Join List of Sets<\/h2>\n<h2>Python Join List of Bytes<\/h2>\n<h2>Python Join List of Dictionaries<\/h2>\n<h2>Python Join List Except First or Last Element<\/h2>\n<h2>Python Join List Remove Duplicates<\/h2>\n<h2>Python Join List Reverse<\/h2>\n<h2>Python Join List Range<\/h2>\n<h2>Python Join List By Row<\/h2>\n<h2>Python Join List of Unicode Strings<\/h2>\n<h2>Python Join List in Pairs<\/h2>\n<h2>Python Join List as Path<\/h2>\n<h2>Python Join List Slice<\/h2>\n<h2>Python Join Specific List Elements<\/h2>\n<h2>Python Join List of DataFrames<\/h2>\n<h2>Python Join List Comprehension<\/h2>\n<h2>Python Join List Map<\/h2>\n<h2>Python Join List Columns<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Where to Go From Here?<\/h2>\n<p>Enough theory, let\u2019s get some practice!<\/p>\n<p>To become successful in coding, you need to get out there and solve real problems for real people. That\u2019s how you can become a six-figure earner easily. And that\u2019s how you polish the skills you really need in practice. After all, what\u2019s the use of learning theory that nobody ever needs?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Practice projects is how you sharpen your saw in coding!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do you want to become a code master by focusing on practical code projects that actually earn you money and solve problems for people?<\/p>\n<p>Then become a Python freelance developer! It\u2019s the best way of approaching the task of improving your Python skills\u2014even if you are a complete beginner.<\/p>\n<p>Join my free webinar <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.finxter.com\/webinar-freelancer\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cHow to Build Your High-Income Skill Python\u201d<\/a> and watch how I grew my coding business online and how you can, too\u2014from the comfort of your own home.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.finxter.com\/webinar-freelancer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Join the free webinar now!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this ultimate guide, you&#8217;ll learn everything you need to know about joining list elements in Python. To give you a quick overview, let&#8217;s have a look at the following problem. Problem: Given a list of elements. How to join the elements by concatenating all elements in the list? 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