items in an array

[Daniel Nogradi]

> I am working on a project in which I generate an array of values
> (list_array).  I need to use the values in this array to create list
> similar to the one below:
>
>   list_array = []
>   list = item1,item2,itemN...
>
> I am having difficulty in getting the values out of the original array.
>  I have tried enumerating over the array, but the results are not what
> I need.  When I attempt to simply print list, I get the following
> output:
>
>   print list
>   ['item1',  'item2', ..., 'itemN']
>
> I can get list to be how I want it if I use the index value as follows:
>
>   list = ("%s" + "," + "%s", ...) % (list_array[0], list_array[1], ...
>
> However, the list_array will never contain a constant number of items.
> So my dilema is how to loop/iterate through list_array to create list
> in the format I want.
>
> Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

I'm not sure if I understand exactly what you want, but if all you
need is turning a list into a tuple then just use the function tuple:

>>> mylist = [ 1, 2, 3 ]
>>> mytuple = tuple( mylist )
>>> print mylist
[1, 2, 3]
>>> print mytuple
(1, 2, 3)
>>>