Print list without brackets in a single row

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Isuru picture Isuru · Jun 24, 2012 · Viewed 508.7k times · Source

I have a list in Python e.g.

names = ["Sam", "Peter", "James", "Julian", "Ann"]

I want to print the array in a single line without the normal " []

names = ["Sam", "Peter", "James", "Julian", "Ann"]
print (names)

Will give the output as;

["Sam", "Peter", "James", "Julian", "Ann"]

That is not the format I want instead I want it to be like this;

Sam, Peter, James, Julian, Ann

Note: It must be in a single row.

Answer

FatalError picture FatalError · Jun 24, 2012 
print(', '.join(names))

This, like it sounds, just takes all the elements of the list and joins them with ', '.

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