How to print an array without brackets but with the quotation marks on it?

Question

I have:

a = ['1','2','3','4','5']
' '.join(map(str, a))

Result I'm receiving:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Expected Result (wanted):

'1','2','3','4','5'

(with the commas and the quotation marks)

But it doesn't even give your result though? It gives '1 2 3 4 5' — r.ook
– r.ook, Commented Feb 21, 2019 at 14:50
print(', '.join(repr(i) for i in a)) will do proper quoting even with quotation marks in the string. — Klaus D.
– Klaus D., Commented Feb 21, 2019 at 14:56

Ahasanul Haque · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-21 14:52:46Z

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Do this:

a = ['1','2','3','4','5']
print(str(a).strip('[]'))

answered Feb 21, 2019 at 14:52

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Nikolas Stevenson-Molnar · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-21 14:57:40Z

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That's because when you do ' '.join(...), you're getting one big string instead of a list of them. If you want to keep the quotes, you'll need to add them back in yourself:

>>> print(', '.join("'{}'".format(x) for x in a))
'1', '2', '3', '4', '5'

edited Feb 21, 2019 at 14:57

answered Feb 21, 2019 at 14:51

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Thaise Over a year ago

thanks god you answered my question! It was perfect!

Thaise Over a year ago

but I need the commas as well

Nikolas Stevenson-Molnar Over a year ago

Updated. Adding commas back just takes adding a comma to join.

Fernando · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-21 14:56:25Z

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", ".join("'{}'".format(x) for x in a)

answered Feb 21, 2019 at 14:56

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Georg Plaz Over a year ago

Welcome to SO. It is always good to provide some context to your answer. Thanks

Fernando Over a year ago

@LonelyNeuron Thanks for the advice, it will be better next time :)

mad_ · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-21 14:58:24Z

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Trying to catch up the train with old school string building solution

a = ['1','2','3','4','5']
out_string=''
for i in a:
    out_string+="'"+ i +"'"+', '
print(out_string.rstrip(', ')) # '1', '2', '3', '4', '5'

answered Feb 21, 2019 at 14:58

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Georg Plaz · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-21 15:40:43Z

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a = ['1','2','3','4','5'] 
print([str(item) for item in a])

I like it like this.

edited Feb 21, 2019 at 15:40

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answered Feb 21, 2019 at 14:55

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Ahasanul Haque Over a year ago

That's not what he wants. It's still a list, just items are str, but his intended output is str, not list.

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