newbie question: convert a list to one string

[martijn]

H!

I'm searching for the fastest way to convert a list to one big string.

For example:
test = ['test','test2','test3']

print unlist(test)

test test2 test3 (string)

I know I can make a loop like below but is that the fastest/best option
?

def unlist(test):
output=''
for v in test:
output = output+" "+v
return output


Thanks for helping,
GC-Martijn

 

[Robert Kern]

H!

I'm searching for the fastest way to convert a list to one big string.

For example:
test = ['test','test2','test3']

print unlist(test)

test test2 test3 (string)

I know I can make a loop like below but is that the fastest/best option
?

def unlist(test):
output=''
for v in test:
output = output+" "+v
return output

' '.join(test)

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Robert Kern
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Are the graves of dreams allowed to die."
-- Richard Harter

 

[martijn]

Thanks that's what i need.

 

[Maciej Dziardziel]

H!

I'm searching for the fastest way to convert a list to one big string.

For example:
test = ['test','test2','test3']

'-'.join(test)

 

[Sion Arrowsmith]

I'm searching for the fastest way to convert a list to one big string.

The join() method of strings. The string instance in question being
the separator you want, so:

" ".join(test)