Hi Eric, Thanks for the information..............since i m new to Python so didnt knew about this fact...........thanks again for it, will keep it in mind while writing such a program.
Amit On Dec 10, 2007 8:57 PM, Eric Brunson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Amit, > > This is fairly inefficient. Because strings in python are immutable > this approach causes a new string to be created every iteration. While > it may not be an issue with just 3 strings, it is much better to create > your list and use "".join() to create the concatenation after the list > is complete. When you get used to it, it's a bit more concise and > readable, also. > > Sincerely, > e. > > Amit Saxena wrote: > > The simplest way i could think of: > > > > a=["apple","orange","banana"] > > b = "" > > for i in range(len(a)): > > b += a[i] > > print b > > > > > > Amit > > > > On Dec 10, 2007 6:48 AM, Alan Gauld <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > "Eric Walstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote > > > > > You could also achieve the same result of concatenating a list of > > > strings by looping over the list items like so: > > > > > > b = '' > > > for fruit in a: > > > b += fruit > > > > > > print b > > > > And to add to the options you could use the formatting operator > > provided you know there are only 3 items, > > > > b = "%s%s%s" % tuple(a) > > > > Or for an indefinite number of strings: > > > > b = "%s" * len(a) > > b = b % tuple(a) > > > > So many options. However, to the OP, if you get stuck in > > future its best if you post the erroneous code that you have tried, > > then we can better see where you have gone wrong and thus > > provide clearer guidance on how to fix it. Its better to learn to > > do it your own way correctly than just to see other folks > > attempts . > > > > HTH, > > > > -- > > Alan Gauld > > Author of the Learn to Program web site > > http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org <mailto:Tutor@python.org> > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > > > -- Thanks and Regards, Amit Saxena Senior QA Engineer Ketera Direct: +91 4199 5028 Mobile: +91 99001 18641 [EMAIL PROTECTED] » Visit us at http://www.ketera.com » Watch the demo at http://www.ketera.com/resources/demos.html
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