Beginning programmer question - How to print a list in a different format

[John]

Hi.

I have a dictionary thus: (wraps)

p1hand =
{'b12':b12,'d12':d12,'d23':d23,'n12':n12,'n23':n23 ,'n34':n34,'p12':p12,'
p23':p23,'p34':p34,'p45':p45}

I set a variable called p1handlist so that I can print a list of the
keys to the screen:

p1handlist = p1hand.keys()
print p1handlist

and the output looks like this:

['b12', 'd12', 'd23', 'n12', 'n23', 'n34', 'p12', 'p23', 'p34', 'p45']

how can I make it so that the output looks more like this?:

b12, d12, d23, n12, n23, n34, p12, p23, p34, p45

This is for a simple text mode game I am writing and the output to the
screen is important because at times the list gets too big to print on
one line of the display.

Thanks!

John

[Andres Rosado-Sepulveda]

John wrote:

Hi.

I have a dictionary thus: (wraps)

p1hand =
{'b12':b12,'d12':d12,'d23':d23,'n12':n12,'n23':n23 ,'n34':n34,'p12':p12,'
p23':p23,'p34':p34,'p45':p45}

I set a variable called p1handlist so that I can print a list of the
keys to the screen:

p1handlist = p1hand.keys()
print p1handlist

and the output looks like this:

['b12', 'd12', 'd23', 'n12', 'n23', 'n34', 'p12', 'p23', 'p34', 'p45']

how can I make it so that the output looks more like this?:

b12, d12, d23, n12, n23, n34, p12, p23, p34, p45
You can do something like this:

toPrint = ", ".join(p1handlist)
print toPrint
This is for a simple text mode game I am writing and the output to the
screen is important because at times the list gets too big to print on
one line of the display.

You might want to split the list first and then join the sublists.

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[John Matthews]

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Jo**@the.computer says...

Hi.

I have a dictionary thus: (wraps)

p1hand =
{'b12':b12,'d12':d12,'d23':d23,'n12':n12,'n23':n23 ,'n34':n34,'p12':p12,'
p23':p23,'p34':p34,'p45':p45}

I set a variable called p1handlist so that I can print a list of the
keys to the screen:

p1handlist = p1hand.keys()
print p1handlist

and the output looks like this:

['b12', 'd12', 'd23', 'n12', 'n23', 'n34', 'p12', 'p23', 'p34', 'p45']

how can I make it so that the output looks more like this?:

b12, d12, d23, n12, n23, n34, p12, p23, p34, p45

This is for a simple text mode game I am writing and the output to the
screen is important because at times the list gets too big to print on
one line of the display.

Thanks!

John

Robert & Andres,
Thanks so much for the help. As it turns out:

print ', '.join(p1handlist)

does the trick! You have made me look like a genius! :)

John