On Apr 22, 3:55 pm, DataSmash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I have a list that looks like this: > roadList = ["Motorways","Local","Arterial"] > > I want to apply some code so that the output looks like this: > "Motorways;Local;Arterial" > > ...in other words, I want each item in the list separated by a ';' and > then the whole thing surrounded by quotes. > > How can this be done with the LEAST amount of code? > > I appreciate your help! > R.D.
Well you could always do something like this: output = ';'.join(roadList) Which will put single quotes on the ends. I suppose if you want to be silly, you could do this: output = '"%s"' % ';'.join(roadList) HTH Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
