How to convert list into string with quotes in python

Question

i have a list and want it as a string with quotes mylist = [1,2,3]

require O/P as myString = "'1','2','3'"

i tried mystring = '\',\''.join(mylist)

it gave me result as

mystring = "1','2','3"

first and last quotes (') are missing

How about you just take the result of your computation, and add single quotes around it as a second step: `mystring = "'"+mystring+"'"` — alexis, Apr 17 '13 at 08:21

score 35 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 14 '22 at 00:18

35

This seems to be the only solution so far that isn't a hack...

>>> mylist = [1,2,3]
>>> ','.join("'{0}'".format(x) for x in mylist)
"'1','2','3'"

This can also be written more compactly as:

>>> ','.join(map("'{0}'".format, mylist))
"'1','2','3'"

Or, using an f-string:

>>> mylist = [1,2,3]
>>> ','.join(f"'{x}'" for x in mylist)
"'1','2','3'"

edited Apr 14 '22 at 00:18

WPWIV

answered Apr 17 '13 at 08:13

jamylak

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 17 '13 at 08:46

3

>>> mylist = [1,2,3]
>>> str([str(x) for x in mylist]).strip("[]")
"'1','2','3'"

answered Apr 17 '13 at 08:46

Lee

thkang · Answer 3 · 2013-04-17T09:08:08.657

2

as a simple hack, why don't you..

mystring = "'%s'" %"','".join(mylist)

wrap the result of your commands in quotes?

edited Apr 17 '13 at 09:08

answered Apr 17 '13 at 08:16

thkang

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 17 '13 at 08:24

1

you can do this as well

mylist = [1, 2, 3]
mystring = str(map(str, mylist)).strip("[]")

answered Apr 17 '13 at 08:24

ashokadhikari

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 05 '18 at 02:00

1

OR regular repr:

>>> l=[1,2,3]
>>> ','.join(repr(str(i)) for i in l)
"'1','2','3'"
>>>

answered Sep 05 '18 at 02:00

U13-Forward

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