Python:: how to put double quotes for values in a list

Question

In Python Scripting, I have a string abc=[9874,209384,20938]

I want the output as abc=["9874","209384","20938"]

My efforts got me "9874" "209384" "20938"

but I want like this ["9874","209384","20938"]

Solution

• strip the []: abc[1:-1]
• split on ,: .split(',')
• bracket each element with "": '"'+x+'"'
• join with ,: ','.join
• add the []: '['+...+']'

TL;DR:

'['+','.join(['"'+x+'"' for x in abc[1:-1].split(',')])+']'

Comments

[Anaksunaman]

abc=['"9874"','"209384"','"20938"'] perhaps? Note that these examples are wrapped in single ' ' quotes (outside) then double " " quotes (inside).