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I'm a novice Python user trying to do something that I think should be simple but can't figure it out. I've got 2 variables defined:
a = 'lemon' b = 'lime' Can someone tell me how to combine these in a new variable?
If I try:
>>> soda = "a" + "b" >>> soda 'ab' I want soda to be 'lemonlime'. How is this done?
Thanks!
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In JavaScript, we can assign strings to a variable and use concatenation to combine the variable to another string. To concatenate a string, you add a plus sign+ between the strings or string variables you want to connect. let myPet = 'seahorse'; console.
Two strings can be concatenated in Python by simply using the '+' operator between them. More than two strings can be concatenated using '+' operator.
How to Concatenate Strings in Python. In the code above, we created two variables ( x and y ) both containing strings – "Happy" and "Coding" – and a third variable ( z ) which combines the two variables we created initially. We were able to combine the two variables by using the + operator.
you need to take out the quotes:
soda = a + b (You want to refer to the variables a and b, not the strings "a" and "b")
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IMO, froadie's simple concatenation is fine for a simple case like you presented. If you want to put together several strings, the string join method seems to be preferred:
the_text = ''.join(['the ', 'quick ', 'brown ', 'fox ', 'jumped ', 'over ', 'the ', 'lazy ', 'dog.']) Edit: Note that join wants an iterable (e.g. a list) as its single argument.
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