[Tutor] Str method
Alan Gauld
alan.gauld at btinternet.com
Mon Nov 5 09:36:55 CET 2012
On 05/11/12 01:52, Oscar Benjamin wrote:
> On 5 November 2012 01:45, Ashley Fowler <afowler2 at broncos.uncfsu.edu> wrote:
>> I'm trying to initialize a list to several elements using the string
>> method. I have some idea that you use a for loop I suppose...
It will help if you work on getting your terminology clearer.
Computing is a precise art, it has very specific meanings for things.
From your previous thread I assume you mean that you want break a list
down into its individual parts so that you can convert them to strings?
To get the individual parts you do indeed need a loop - a for loop is
probably best.
To convert them to strings use the str() type convertor on each
part.
for part in myList:
myString = str(part)
But assuming this is still part of your previous exercise you really
want to create one long string so you probably want the last line to
look like
myString = myString + str(part)
There are more efficient ways of doing that but they might confuse you
so I'll leave it with string addition for now.
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Alan G
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