Python join why is it string join list instead of list join string

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This has always confused me. It seems like this would be nicer:

my_list = ["Hello", "world"]
print my_list.join("-")
# Produce: "Hello-world"

Than this:

my_list = ["Hello", "world"]
print "-".join(my_list)
# Produce: "Hello-world"

Is there a specific reason it is like this?

May 14, 2018 in Python by anonymous
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It's because any iterable can be joined, not just lists, but the result and the "joiner" are always strings.

E.G:

import urllib2
print '\n############\n'.join(
    urllib2.urlopen('http://data.stackexchange.com/users/7095'))
answered May 15, 2018 by aryya
• 7,460 points

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