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Use the str. join() Function to Convert Tuple to String in Python. The join() function, as its name suggests, is used to return a string that contains all the elements of sequence joined by an str separator. We use the join() function to add all the characters in the input tuple and then convert it to string.
Simply pass the tuple into the print function to print tuple values. It will print the exact tuple but if you want to print it with string then convert it to string.
Both %s and %d operatorsUses decimal conversion via int() before formatting. %s can accept numeric values also and it automatically does the type conversion. In case a string is specified for %d operator a type error is returned.
You can print a tuple without parentheses by combining the string. join() method on the separator string ', ' with a generator expression to convert each tuple element to a string using the str() built-in function. Specifially, the expression print(', '.
>>> thetuple = (1, 2, 3)
>>> print "this is a tuple: %s" % (thetuple,)
this is a tuple: (1, 2, 3)
Making a singleton tuple with the tuple of interest as the only item, i.e. the (thetuple,) part, is the key bit here.
Note that the % syntax is obsolete. Use str.format, which is simpler and more readable:
t = 1,2,3
print 'This is a tuple {0}'.format(t)
Many answers given above were correct. The right way to do it is:
>>> thetuple = (1, 2, 3)
>>> print "this is a tuple: %s" % (thetuple,)
this is a tuple: (1, 2, 3)
However, there was a dispute over if the '%' String operator is obsolete. As many have pointed out, it is definitely not obsolete, as the '%' String operator is easier to combine a String statement with a list data.
Example:
>>> tup = (1,2,3)
>>> print "First: %d, Second: %d, Third: %d" % tup
First: 1, Second: 2, Third: 3
However, using the .format() function, you will end up with a verbose statement.
Example:
>>> tup = (1,2,3)
>>> print "First: %d, Second: %d, Third: %d" % tup
>>> print 'First: {}, Second: {}, Third: {}'.format(1,2,3)
>>> print 'First: {0[0]}, Second: {0[1]}, Third: {0[2]}'.format(tup)
First: 1, Second: 2, Third: 3
First: 1, Second: 2, Third: 3
First: 1, Second: 2, Third: 3
Further more, '%' string operator also useful for us to validate the data type such as %s, %d, %i, while .format() only support two conversion flags: '!s' and '!r'.
>>> tup = (1, 2, 3)
>>> print "Here it is: %s" % (tup,)
Here it is: (1, 2, 3)
>>>
Note that (tup,) is a tuple containing a tuple. The outer tuple is the argument to the % operator. The inner tuple is its content, which is actually printed.
(tup) is an expression in brackets, which when evaluated results in tup.
(tup,) with the trailing comma is a tuple, which contains tup as is only member.
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