How to collapse a list into a string in python? [duplicate]

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Lets say you have a list like ['a', 'b', 'c'] and you want it to look like 'abc' and you don't want to use some big stupid looking for loop.

afkfurion · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-25 19:34:41Z

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>>> str_list=['a','b','c']
>>> ''.join(str_list)
'abc'

answered Jan 25, 2014 at 19:34

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embert · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-25 19:34:38Z

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I think it's

string = ''.join(['a', 'b', 'c'])

answered Jan 25, 2014 at 19:34

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