Python unicode list join

Question

I want to join a unicode python list, for example:

a = [u'00', u'0c', u'29', u'58', u'86', u'16']

I want a string that looks like this:

'00:0c:29:58:86:16'

How would I join this?

Answer 1

>>> a = [u'00', u'0c', u'29', u'58', u'86', u'16']
>>> u":".join(a)
u'00:0c:29:58:86:16'
>>> str(u":".join(a))
'00:0c:29:58:86:16'