Converting a list to string in python 2.7

Question

I have a list xline. It is initialized and then appended. But I am getting an error when I run?

xline = []
---#append
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print (''.join(xline)) # Convert list into string

Run time error

    print (''.join(xline)) # Convert list into string
TypeError: sequence item 0: expected string, int found

What is wrong?

Can you show us more code please? More specifically, what are you doing with `pline`? — idjaw, Oct 04 '15 at 23:31
Possible duplicate of [Pythonic list to string method](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11816685/pythonic-list-to-string-method) — Shapi, Oct 04 '15 at 23:53
For debug output, consider the `repr()` function which should give you a string representation for pretty much anything. — Ulrich Eckhardt, Oct 05 '15 at 04:41
@ozgur how can you format - say if you want a tab space between the strings - these separated by a comma originally? — user5331677, Oct 05 '15 at 05:23
@user5331677 then you can `print '\t'.join(map(str, xline))` — Ozgur Vatansever, Oct 05 '15 at 05:29

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 05 '15 at 01:58

5

You can use str() to transform each element:

print ''.join([str(x) for x in xline])

edited Oct 05 '15 at 01:58

dnozay

answered Oct 04 '15 at 23:40

dursk

The above method is more versatile than the map method as I was able to format. I liked map for simplicity but lacks formatting option or I do not know how to format with map. – user5331677 Oct 05 '15 at 05:22

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