Best method for Building Strings in Python

Question

Does Python have a function to neatly build a string that looks like this:

Bob 100 Employee Hourly

Without building a string like this:

EmployeeName + ' ' + EmployeeNumber + ' ' + UserType + ' ' + SalaryType

The function I'm looking for might be called a StringBuilder, and look something like this:

stringbuilder(%s,%s,%s,%s, EmployeeName, EmployeeNumber, UserType, SalaryType, \n)

Answer 1

Normally you would be looking for str.join. It takes an argument of an iterable containing what you want to chain together and applies it to a separator:

>>> ' '.join((EmployeeName, str(EmployeeNumber), UserType, SalaryType))
'Bob 100 Employee Hourly'

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However, seeing as you know exactly what parts the string will be composed of, and not all of the parts are native strings, you are probably better of using format:

>>> '{0} {1} {2} {3}'.format(EmployeeName, str(EmployeeNumber), UserType, SalaryType)
'Bob 100 Employee Hourly'