splitting and concatenating a string

Question

I was wondering if python had a built in function similar to

string->list

and list->string in scheme.

So for example I would like to turn 'abc' into ['a','b','c'] and vice versa using a built in function.

Tugrul Ates · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-17 20:41:36Z

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String to list:

>>> list('abc') ['a', 'b', 'c']

List to string:

>>> ''.join(['a', 'b', 'c']) 'abc'

answered Jul 17, 2011 at 20:41

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Alexander Gessler · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-17 20:42:07Z

Split using a list comprehension [c for c in theString] .. and join them again using ''.join(theList). Other ways exist.