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EDIT:

 ['Station 5 average is less than 1.62644628099', 'Station 6 average is less than 1.62644628099', 'Station 7 average is less than 1.62644628099', 'Station 8 average is less than 1.62644628099', 'Station 9 average is less than 1.62644628099', 'Station 10 average is less than 1.62644628099']

and 

['Station 1 average is greater than 1.62644628099', 'Station 2 average is greater than 1.62644628099', 'Station 3 average is greater than 1.62644628099']

Is there a code that I can use to produce a result such that the output when printed looks like this 

Station 5 average is less than 1.62644628099
Station 6 average is less than 1.62644628099
Station 7 average is less than 1.62644628099 
Station 8 average is less than 1.62644628099 
Station 9 average is less than 1.62644628099 
Station 10 average is less than 1.62644628099

and 

Station 1 average is greater than 1.62644628099
Station 2 average is greater than 1.62644628099
Station 3 average is greater than 1.62644628099

Thanks for reading and any advice/help you can give.

user2430623
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Use the str.join() function, which prints each element in a list with the str in between. Here I insert a new line between each element.

>>> lst1 = ['Station 5 average is less than 1.62644628099', 'Station 6 average is less than 1.62644628099', 'Station 7 average is less than 1.62644628099', 'Station 8 average is less than 1.62644628099', 'Station 9 average is less than 1.62644628099', 'Station 10 average is less than 1.62644628099']
>>> print '\n'.join(lst1)
Station 5 average is less than 1.62644628099
Station 6 average is less than 1.62644628099
Station 7 average is less than 1.62644628099
Station 8 average is less than 1.62644628099
Station 9 average is less than 1.62644628099
Station 10 average is less than 1.62644628099

Same for the second list:

>>> lst2 = ['Station 1 average is greater than 1.62644628099', 'Station 2 average is greater than 1.62644628099', 'Station 3 average is greater than 1.62644628099']
>>> print '\n'.join(lst2)
Station 1 average is greater than 1.62644628099
Station 2 average is greater than 1.62644628099
Station 3 average is greater than 1.62644628099

Or, you can use a for-loop:

>>> for i in lst1:
...     print i
... 
Station 5 average is less than 1.62644628099
Station 6 average is less than 1.62644628099
Station 7 average is less than 1.62644628099
Station 8 average is less than 1.62644628099
Station 9 average is less than 1.62644628099
Station 10 average is less than 1.62644628099

>>> for i in lst2:
...     print i
... 
Station 1 average is greater than 1.62644628099
Station 2 average is greater than 1.62644628099
Station 3 average is greater than 1.62644628099

It's probably preferable to use the join() function, as it actually returns the result, so you can use it later in your code if you wish.

TerryA
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    +1 but the `for` loop is preferable since you don't have to load a copy of the whole output into memory at once – jamylak May 29 '13 at 10:22
  • @jamylak, the list is already in memory. Besides, `str.join()` accepts any *iterable* and so will work just as happily with a generator expression. – johnsyweb May 29 '13 at 21:20
  • @Johnsyweb So you don't need to get into a habit of copying it again, or copying unnesecarily for any other data structures – jamylak May 30 '13 at 01:22
  • @Johnsyweb there is, `str.join` creates a **new string** from `list1` – jamylak May 30 '13 at 07:32
  • Oh! I see! Apologies, I completely misunderstood your comment. – johnsyweb May 30 '13 at 07:34
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Join the list members with the newline character.

print "\n".join(t)
print
print "\n".join(s)
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