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Matthew
Matthew

Reputation: 53

Python - Lists and For Loops

I have a list and a for loop:

myList = [“aa,bb,cc,dd”, “ee,ff,gg,hh”]

for item in myList:
    print (“x: %s” % item)

The output looks like:

x: aa,bb,cc,dd
x: ee,ff,gg,hh

My desired output is:

x: aa
   bb
   cc
   dd

x: ee
   ff
   gg
   hh

Upvotes: 0

Views: 134

Answers (2)

Sagar Sharma
Sagar Sharma

Reputation: 118

+1 to the answer above..Another way could look like this:

myList = ["aa,bb,cc,dd", "ee,ff,gg,hh"]

for item in myList:
    first, *rest = item.split(",")
    print ("x: %s" %first)
    for r in rest:
        print ("   %s" %r)

Upvotes: 0

C.B.
C.B.

Reputation: 8326

you can use the split and join functions pretty seamlessly 

>>> myList = ["aa,bb,cc,dd", "ee,ff,gg,hh"]
>>> for item in myList:
...     print("x: %s" % "\n   ".join(item.split(",")))
...
x: aa
   bb
   cc
   dd
x: ee
   ff
   gg
   hh

split splits the string into a list based on the delimiter you pass as a parameter, and join will join a list into a string, using the string you call it on as a joiner.

Another option would be to just use replace:

>>> for item in myList:
...     print("x: %s" % item.replace(",", "\n   "))
...
x: aa
   bb
   cc
   dd
x: ee
   ff
   gg
   hh

Upvotes: 1

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