How to convert list to string in Python?

There may be some situations, where we need to convert a list into a string. We will discuss different methods to do the same.

Iteration

Iterate through the list and append the elements to the string to convert list into a string. We will use for-in loop to iterate through the list elements.

Example

 Live Demo

list1=["Welcome","To","Tutorials","Point"]
string1=""
for i in list1:
   string1=string1+i
string2=""
for i in list1:
   string2=string2+i+" "
print(string1)
print(string2)

Output

WelcomeToTutorialsPoint
Welcome To Tutorials Point

Using .join() method

The list will be passed as a parameter inside the join method.

Example

 Live Demo

list1=["Welcome","To","Tutorials","Point"]
string1=""
print(string1.join(list1))
string2=" "
print(string2.join(list1))

Output

WelcomeToTutorialsPoint
Welcome To Tutorials Point

Using map()

We can use map() method for mapping str with the list and then use join() to convert list into string.

Example

 Live Demo

list1=["Welcome","To","Tutorials","Point"]
string1="".join(map(str,list1))
string2=" ".join(map(str,list1))
print(string1)
print(string2)

Output

WelcomeToTutorialsPoint
Welcome To Tutorials Point

Using list comprehension

Comprehensions in Python provide a short way to construct new sequences using already provided sequences. We will access each element of the list as a string and then use join().

Example

 Live Demo

list1=["Welcome","To","Tutorials","Point"]
string1="".join(str(elem) for elem in list1)
string2=" ".join(str(elem) for elem in list1)
print(string1)
print(string2)

Output

WelcomeToTutorialsPoint
Welcome To Tutorials Point

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Updated on: 10-Mar-2021

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