Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!usenet-fr.net!nerim.net!novso.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3a.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.106 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.79; '*S*': 0.00; 'tutorial': 0.03; 'strings.': 0.09; 'concatenate': 0.16; 'subject:values': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'variable': 0.18; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'string,': 0.24; 'appreciated': 0.26; 'values': 0.27; 'header:In- Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'subject:list': 0.30; 'received:10.0.0': 0.31; 'trivial': 0.31; 'url:python': 0.33; 'problem': 0.35; 'except': 0.35; 'problem.': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'next': 0.36; 'received:10.0': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'list': 0.37; 'received:10': 0.37; 'lists.': 0.38; 'url:library': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'solve': 0.60; 'length': 0.61; 'url:3': 0.61; 'simple': 0.61; 'first': 0.61; 'covers': 0.68; 'ample': 0.91; 'lists:': 0.91 Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 10:14:04 -0600 From: Andrew Berg User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Subject: Re: Concatenate list values References: <12821378-62af-4954-8b61-aa0738c5ff5c@googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <12821378-62af-4954-8b61-aa0738c5ff5c@googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: [73.5.142.244] X-ClientProxiedBy: CY1PR00CA0021.namprd00.prod.outlook.com (25.160.142.159) To DM2PR0301MB0845.namprd03.prod.outlook.com (25.160.215.143) Authentication-Results: spf=none (sender IP is ) smtp.mailfrom=aberg010@my.HennepinTech.edu; X-Microsoft-Antispam: UriScan:; X-Microsoft-Antispam: BCL:0;PCL:0;RULEID:;SRVR:DM2PR0301MB0845; X-Microsoft-Antispam-PRVS: X-Exchange-Antispam-Report-Test: UriScan:; X-Exchange-Antispam-Report-CFA-Test: BCL:0; PCL:0; RULEID:(601004)(5005003); SRVR:DM2PR0301MB0845; X-Forefront-PRVS: 0496DF6962 X-Forefront-Antispam-Report: SFV:NSPM; SFS:(10019020)(6049001)(6009001)(51704005)(199003)(189002)(24454002)(50466002)(64126003)(105586002)(47776003)(97736003)(2950100001)(77096005)(87976001)(86362001)(66066001)(65956001)(64706001)(80316001)(19580395003)(65806001)(68736005)(15975445007)(42186005)(75432002)(92566002)(46102003)(110136001)(89122001)(83506001)(40100003)(122386002)(107886001)(2351001)(106356001)(76176999)(54356999)(50986999)(65816999)(87266999)(88552001)(33656002)(450100001)(59896002)(62966003)(77156002)(101416001)(23676002)(89472002); DIR:OUT; SFP:1102; SCL:1; SRVR:DM2PR0301MB0845; H:[10.0.0.21]; FPR:; SPF:None; PTR:InfoNoRecords; A:0; MX:1; LANG:en; Received-SPF: None (protection.outlook.com: my.HennepinTech.edu does not designate permitted sender hosts) X-Exchange-Antispam-Report-CFA-Test: BCL:0; PCL:0; RULEID:; SRVR:DM2PR0301MB0845; X-OriginatorOrg: my.hennepintech.edu X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Feb 2015 16:14:10.8602 (UTC) X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-FromEntityHeader: Hosted X-MS-Exchange-Transport-CrossTenantHeadersStamped: DM2PR0301MB0845 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 20 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1424708919 news.xs4all.nl 2879 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:32800 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:86237 On 2015.02.23 09:58, loial wrote: > Is there a quick way to concatenate all the values in a list into a string, except the first value? > > I want this to work with variable length lists. > > All values in list will be strings. > > Any help appreciated > The tutorial covers strings and lists: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/introduction.html#strings And there is ample reference documentation for strings and lists: https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#string-methods https://docs.python.org/3/library/string.html https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#sequence-types-list-tuple-range Get to know strings and lists, and this should be a trivial problem to solve. Or just copy/paste the answers others gave and be confused the next time you need to solve a simple problem.