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diff --git a/bot/resources/tags/str-join.md b/bot/resources/tags/str-join.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c835f9313 --- /dev/null +++ b/bot/resources/tags/str-join.md @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +**Joining Iterables** + +If you want to display a list (or some other iterable), you can write: +```py +colors = ['red', 'green', 'blue', 'yellow'] +output = "" +separator = ", " +for color in colors: + output += color + separator +print(output) +# Prints 'red, green, blue, yellow, ' +``` +However, the separator is still added to the last element, and it is relatively slow. + +A better solution is to use `str.join`. +```py +colors = ['red', 'green', 'blue', 'yellow'] +separator = ", " +print(separator.join(colors)) +# Prints 'red, green, blue, yellow' +``` +An important thing to note is that you can only `str.join` strings. For a list of ints, +you must convert each element to a string before joining. +```py +integers = [1, 3, 6, 10, 15] +print(", ".join(str(e) for e in integers)) +# Prints '1, 3, 6, 10, 15' +``` |