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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types Splitting and Joining

gary loo
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05:00 -Why is syntax ', '.join(flavors)?

05:00 -Why is syntax ', '.join(flavors)? Why not flavors.join(', ') as per obj.mthd('param') eg. flavors.remove("mint")?

Victor Santiago
Victor Santiago
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flavors = ['vanilla','chocolate','berry']

print(', '.join(flavors))

''' The join method join each item on the flavors list by ', ' a comma and a space. '''

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gary loo
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Hi Victor, Thanks for your reply. But I dont think that's the answer. Flavors is a list and it does not have the join method, only string has the join method. Thus syntax is like that.

Victor Santiago
Victor Santiago
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This is from: https://docs.python.org/2/library/string.html#string.join

string.join(words[, sep]) Concatenate a list or tuple of words with intervening occurrences of sep. The default value for sep is a single space character. It is always true that string.join(string.split(s, sep), sep) equals s.