Python - String List Newline

Question

Is there a way to separate list items with \n sequence? here's the code:

month_names = [
                ['January', 'February', 'March'],
                ['April', 'May', 'June'],
                ['July', 'August', 'September'],
                ['October', 'November', 'December'],
                ]   
print month_names

the problem is when I try to add \n or '\n' to the list or print like :

print month_names + '\n'

or

['January', 'February', 'March'], '\n',

syntax or type error raises and sometime it prints \n.

The Desired Output is :

'January', 'February', 'March'
'April', 'May', 'June'
'July', 'August', 'September'
'October', 'November', 'December'

and I want to keep it as a list so I can recall the 2nd list like:

'April', 'May', 'June'

Why do you want it? What is it that you are trying to achieve? Seems like an XY problem to me . Can you show what you are expecting as the output? — Anand S Kumar
– Anand S Kumar, Commented Aug 9, 2015 at 7:04
@AnandSKumar Trying to define a list which contains: Spring (Jan, Feb, Mar) Summer (Apr, May, June) and so one. and when I recall whole the list it prints whole of it. — Heartagramir
– Heartagramir, Commented Aug 9, 2015 at 7:11
@Heartagramir Please update the question with what else you are expecting as output — Anand S Kumar
– Anand S Kumar, Commented Aug 9, 2015 at 7:18

Abhijit · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-09 07:10:58Z

3

I believe what you want is a simple concatenation of individual months with new line

>>> print '\n'.join(map('\n'.join, month_names))
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

In case, you want quarters in each line, one of the following should work

>>> print '\n'.join(map(' '.join, month_names))
January February March
April May June
July August September
October November December

>>> print '\n'.join(map(str, month_names))
['January', 'February', 'March']
['April', 'May', 'June']
['July', 'August', 'September']
['October', 'November', 'December']

answered Aug 9, 2015 at 7:10

Abhijit

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2 Comments

Heartagramir Over a year ago

print '\n'.join(map(' '.join, month_names)) is what I've expected.

Anand S Kumar Over a year ago

@Heartagramir If the answer was helpful for you, you should accept it (by clicking on the tick mark on the left side) .

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