manipulating list of strings in python

Question

How can I obtain the expected result below?

data = ['abc', 'def', 'ghi']

Expected result is:

 [abc, def, ghi]

My attempt is:

ans = [', '.join([''.join(i) for i in data])]
print ans 
['abc, def, ghi']

Do you mean the output you expect is "[abc, def, ghi]"? You understand what the quote marks and brackets actually mean, yes? — jonrsharpe
– jonrsharpe, Commented Jun 22, 2014 at 8:06

Tok Soegiharto · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-22 07:42:09Z

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Try below code:

>>> ans = '[' + ', '.join([''.join(i) for i in data]) + ']'
>>> ans
'[abc, def, ghi]'
>>>

answered Jun 22, 2014 at 7:42

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2 Comments

@alps Just want to know if this is a correct answer, so i can improve my answer.

this does not match your expected output, what do you actually want as output?

idiot.py · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-22 07:57:26Z

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You could convert the list into a string, then use replace to remove the quotation marks.

data = ['abc', 'def', 'ghi']
ans = str(data).replace('\'', '')
print(ans)

Output:

[abc, def, ghi]

Simples!

answered Jun 22, 2014 at 7:49

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