Join a List with a Newline character in Python

# Table of Contents

1. Join a list with a newline character in Python
2. Join two strings with a new line between them in Python

# Join a list with a newline character in Python

To join a list with a newline character in Python:

1. Call the join() method on a string containing a newline char ('\n').
2. Pass the list to the join method.
3. The result will be a string containing the list items separated by a newline character.

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my_list = ['bobby', 'hadz', 'com']

result = '\n'.join(my_list)

# ️bobby
# hadz
# com
print(result)

The str.join() method takes an iterable as an argument and returns a string which is the concatenation of the strings in the iterable.

You can print the result with the repr() function to see the newline characters in the string.

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my_list = ['bobby', 'hadz', 'com']

result = '\n'.join(my_list)

print(repr(result))  # 👉️ 'bobby\nhadz\ncom'

# Handling non-string values in the list

Note that the method raises a TypeError if there are any non-string values in the iterable.

If your list contains numbers or other types, convert all of the values to string before calling join().

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my_list = ['bobby', 'hadz', 'com', 4, 5]

result = '\n'.join(map(str, my_list))

# ️bobby
# hadz
# com
# 4
# 5
print(result)

The map() function takes a function and an iterable as arguments and calls the function with each item of the iterable.

The string the join() method is called on is used as the separator between elements.

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my_list = ['bobby', 'hadz', 'com']

result = '-'.join(my_list)

# 👇️bobby
# hadz
# com
print(result)  # 👉️ 'bobby-hadz-com'

To join the list items into a string with a newline separator, call the join method on a string that contains a newline character ('\n').

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my_list = ['bobby', 'hadz', 'com']

result = '\n'.join(my_list)

# 👇️bobby
# hadz
# com
print(result)

# Join two strings with a new line between them in Python

You can use the addition operator if you need to join two strings with a new line between them.

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string1 = 'bobby'
string2 = 'hadz'

# ✅ using addition (+) operator

result = string1 + '\n' + string2

# bobby
# hadz
print(result)

# -------------------------------------

# ✅ using str.join()

a_list = ['bobby', 'hadz', '.com']

result = '\n'.join(a_list)

# bobby
# hadz
# .com
print(result)

The newline (\n) character can be used to add a new line in Python.

The first example uses the addition (+) operator to join the strings with a newline character in between.

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string1 = 'bobby'
string2 = 'hadz'

result = string1 + '\n' + string2

# bobby
# hadz
print(result)

When used with multiple strings, the addition (+) operator concatenates them.

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print('a' + 'b' + 'c') # 👉️ 'abc'

# Join two strings with a new line between them using an f-string

You can also use a formatted string literal to achieve the same result.

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string1 = 'bobby'
string2 = 'hadz'

result = f'{string1}\n{string2}\n.com'

# bobby
# hadz
# .com
print(result)

Formatted string literals (f-strings) let us include expressions inside of a string by prefixing the string with f.

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var1 = 'bobby'
var2 = 'hadz'

result = f'{var1}{var2}'
print(result)  # 👉️ bobbyhadz

Make sure to wrap expressions in curly braces - {expression}.

# Join two strings with a new line between them using a list

An alternative approach is to add the strings to an iterable, such as a list, an join them with a newline character separator.

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a_list = ['bobby', 'hadz', '.com']

result = '\n'.join(a_list)

# bobby
# hadz
# .com
print(result)

The str.join() method takes an iterable as an argument and returns a string which is the concatenation of the strings in the iterable.

The string the method is called on is used as the separator between the elements.

# Additional Resources

You can learn more about the related topics by checking out the following tutorials:

• Join a List of Integers into a String in Python
• Join multiple Strings with possibly None values in Python