is it possible to do string array in python3?

Asked Apr 05 '19 at 18:12

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I'm a beginner in python, I want to create a string array in python. Is it possible.

we can create integer array like this,

import array as arr
vals = arr.array('i',[8,3,1,5,9,2])

#vals = arr.array('u',['a','e','i','o','u'])
'''
u means unicode character.
'''

print ("The new created array is : ",end="\n") 
for val in vals: 
    print (val, end=' ')

like the above is possible to create the string array?

import array as arr

vals = arr.array('u', ['TATA Motors','Maruti Suzuki','Hindustan Motors Limited','Ashok Leyland','Mahindra & Chinkara Motors','Opel','Eicher Motors'])

print ("The new created array is : ",end="\n") 
for i in range (0, len(vals)): 
   print (vals[i], end=' ')

is this possible? if any other possible ways please help me.

asked Apr 05 '19 at 18:12

AkhilKrishnan

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you may instead want to just use the list directly. Not sure if you realised that or not. – Paritosh Singh Apr 05 '19 at 18:16
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`array` is meant to be used for 'basic values: characters, integers, floating point numbers.', as stated in the doc. So, no, it isn't a structure you can use for strings, that can have any possible size. What do you really want to achieve? – Thierry Lathuille Apr 05 '19 at 18:16
@ParitoshSingh list is possible. Any possible way for array – AkhilKrishnan Apr 05 '19 at 18:19
@ThierryLathuille Okay thank you! – AkhilKrishnan Apr 05 '19 at 18:20
How do you think `array` is different from `list`? – thebjorn Apr 05 '19 at 18:20
I think array is based type dependent, but list is not. we can create a list like temp_list = ['a','value','2019'] – AkhilKrishnan Apr 05 '19 at 18:24
**Why** do you want to use an `array.array` instead of a `list`? What is the use-case? What is the advantage over `list`? – juanpa.arrivillaga Apr 05 '19 at 18:25
@juanpa.arrivillaga just for the knowledge, I try to create one but I failed. To know have any possible ways for the creation of string array. – AkhilKrishnan Apr 05 '19 at 18:28
@AkhilKrishnan do you understand the purpose of the `array.array` type? It does not hold Python types. `str` is a python type. *Why not use a list*? – juanpa.arrivillaga Apr 05 '19 at 18:29
Now yes. @juanpa.arrivillaga can you explain clearly. or can you refer any material for that? – AkhilKrishnan Apr 05 '19 at 18:31
https://docs.python.org/3/library/array.html – juanpa.arrivillaga Apr 05 '19 at 18:32
@juanpa.arrivillaga thank you! – AkhilKrishnan Apr 05 '19 at 18:33
If you are a beginning in Python, you shouldn't be concerned with the `array` module. It is for very specific use-cases. You need to understand the *why* at the same times as the *how*. And that has to come before "is arbitrary X possible". You **almost certainly** need to just use a `list` – juanpa.arrivillaga Apr 05 '19 at 18:34
Okay @juanpa.arrivillaga – AkhilKrishnan Apr 05 '19 at 18:35
See the [+50] answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/q/46997389/5378816 – VPfB Apr 05 '19 at 18:37

is it possible to do string array in python3?

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