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Python equivalent for PHP's implode?

Is there an equivalent for PHP's implode in Python? I've read in and split up a set of delimited words, and now I want to sort them out in random orders and print the words out with spaces in between.

implode — Join array elements with a string

http://php.net/manual/en/function.implode.php

Solution

  • Use the strings join-method.

    print(' '.join(['word1', 'word2', 'word3']))

    You can join any iterable (not only the list used here) and of course you can use any string (not only ' ') as the delimiter.

    If you want a random order like you said in your question use shuffle.

    In the comment there was the question why Python throws an error if you do "glue".join(["startString", 123, "endString"]). join operates on an iterable of strings. There is no implicit type conversion in Python.

    But of course there is a solution. Just do the conversion yourself.

    "glue".join(map(str, ["startString",123,"endString"]))