Please forgive this question, but, I thought this: x =3D ['h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o'] print str(x) would print: hello instead I get ['h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o'] What am I doing wrong? I realize it's a silly question, but these immutable strings just aren't being kind to me. :-( What's the correct way to get a string from a list? Thanks.