[Tutor] Removing characters in a string using format()

[James Reynolds]

Since you're using python 3, you can just use a star to unpack the list

like so:

>>> print(*x)
a b
>>> print(*x, sep = ', ')
a, b

You can use sep to change the separator if you want the commas still.


On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Ryan Porter <websterhamster at felton4h.net>wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> In one part of a program I'm writing, I want a list to be printed to the
> string. Here's my code:
>
> # Begin snippet
> listString = input('Please enter a single item: >').strip();
>
> /        print();
>        itemList.append(listString);
> /
>
> /...
> /
>
> /print('And here it is in alphabetical order:', itemList)
> # End Snippet
> /
>
> However, when I print the list, I get something like this: ['Python',
> 'best', 'ever', 'is', 'language', 'programming', 'the'] with brackets. Is
> there a way to use format() to remove the brackets before the list is
> printed?
>
> Thanks for the help!
> //
>
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