Python equivalent for PHP's implode?

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Is there an equivalent for PHP's implode in Python? I've read in and split up a set of delimited words, and now I want to sort them out in random orders and print the words out with spaces in between. implode — Join array elements with a string http://php.net/manual/en/function.implode.php

Accepted Answer

Use the strings join-method.

```
print(' '.join(['word1', 'word2', 'word3']))
```

You can join any iterable (not only the `list` used here) and of course you can use any string (not only `' '`) as the delimiter.

If you want a random order like you said in your question use shuffle.

In the comment there was the question why Python throws an error if you do `"glue".join(["startString", 123, "endString"])`. `join` operates on an iterable of strings. There is no implicit type conversion in Python.

But of course there is a solution. Just do the conversion yourself.

`"glue".join(map(str, ["startString",123,"endString"]))`

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