How to separate items in a list with string in python3.x?

Question

I have a list of single character strings:

list = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f']

I need to print the items in the list, separated with -> like so:

a -> b -> c -> d -> e -> f

How can I do it?

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score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 09 '20 at 23:22

You could use the parameter sep of the built-in print function (see the docs), alongside with the list unpacking operator *.
For your case:

my_list = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f']
print(*my_list, sep=' -> ')

Note that I replaced list variable name with my_list. It is highly recommended to avoid shadowing names, specifically built-in names like list.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 09 '20 at 23:07

0

you may use the join()

list = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f']
' -> '.join(list)

answered Jul 09 '20 at 23:07

Rafael Coelho

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