How to convert list into string with quotes in python

Question

i have a list and want it as a string with quotes mylist = [1,2,3]

require O/P as myString = "'1','2','3'"

i tried mystring = '\',\''.join(mylist)

it gave me result as

mystring = "1','2','3"

first and last quotes (') are missing

Solution 1

This seems to be the only solution so far that isn't a hack...

>>> mylist = [1,2,3]
>>> ','.join("'{0}'".format(x) for x in mylist)
"'1','2','3'"

This can also be written more compactly as:

>>> ','.join(map("'{0}'".format, mylist))
"'1','2','3'"

Solution 2

>>> mylist = [1,2,3]
>>> str([str(x) for x in mylist]).strip("[]")
"'1','2','3'"

Solution 3

as a simple hack, why don't you..

mystring = "'%s'" %"','".join(mylist)

wrap the result of your commands in quotes?

Solution 4

you can do this as well

mylist = [1, 2, 3]
mystring = str(map(str, mylist)).strip("[]")

Solution 5

OR regular repr:

>>> l=[1,2,3]
>>> ','.join(repr(str(i)) for i in l)
"'1','2','3'"
>>> 

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