[Tutor] Noob question

[Amit Saxena]

The simplest way i could think of:

a=["apple","orange","banana"]
b = ""
for i in range(len(a)):
     b += a[i]
print b


Amit

On Dec 10, 2007 6:48 AM, Alan Gauld <alan.gauld at btinternet.com> wrote:

> "Eric Walstad" <eric at ericwalstad.com> wrote
>
> > You could also achieve the same result of concatenating a list of
> > strings by looping over the list items like so:
> >
> > b = ''
> > for fruit in a:
> >    b += fruit
> >
> > print b
>
> And to add to the options you could use the formatting operator
> provided you know there are only 3 items,
>
> b = "%s%s%s" % tuple(a)
>
> Or for an indefinite number of strings:
>
> b = "%s" * len(a)
> b = b % tuple(a)
>
> So many options. However, to the OP, if you get stuck in
> future its best if you post the erroneous code that you have tried,
> then we can better see where you have gone wrong and thus
> provide clearer guidance on how to fix it. Its better to learn to
> do it your own way correctly than just to see other folks
> attempts .
>
> HTH,
>
> --
> Alan Gauld
> Author of the Learn to Program web site
> http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld
>
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