Python Format String with List

Question

I want to format a string in Python, and as one element have every element of a list, for example below

mylist = ['john','phil','ted']
var1 = 'xxx'
var2 = 'zzz'
'{0} bla bla bla {1} bla bla {2}'.format(var1,<every item in mylist>,var2)

Basically what I am after is

xxxx bla bla bla john phil ted bla bla zzz

Answer 1

You can join all the strings in the list and pass like this

>>> mylist, var1, var2 = ['john','phil','ted'], 'xxx', 'zzz'
>>> '{0} bla bla bla {1} bla bla {2}'.format(var1, " ".join(mylist), var2)
'xxx bla bla bla john phil ted bla bla zzz'

• dlyxzen: Hi thefourtheye, yes this worked for me perfectly. I couldn't find an exact similar question on stack so thanks for your assistance :)

Answer 2

I find % more concise than format.

'%s bla bla bla %s bla bla %s' % (var1, ' '.join(mylist), var2)

As already stated, you can join every item in mylist to turn it into a string.