python string on one line

Question

My string is

a
b
c
d

I want to do this

a b c d

How?

Can you show us the exact code you're currently looking and what you want it to do? — Mark Hildreth
– Mark Hildreth, Commented Mar 17, 2011 at 17:42
You have a string with new lines and you want to replace them with spaces? — correndo
– correndo, Commented Mar 17, 2011 at 17:43

Sven Marnach · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-17 17:43:11Z

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Try

s = "a\nb\nc\nd\n"
t = str.join(" ", s.splitlines())

answered Mar 17, 2011 at 17:43

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what is faster by the way? your variant or user's 'somthing' variant?

aukaost · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-17 17:44:08Z

10

>>> txt="""a
b
c
d"""
>>> txt.replace("\n", " ")
'a b c d'

answered Mar 17, 2011 at 17:44

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Gil Allen · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-26 07:51:14Z

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Now, if you are trying to make it one line for HTML in order to send it in an email or to past it in a webpage you can do as follow:

str.replace('\n', '<br/>').replace('\r', '<br/>')

But is this is only to make it HTML. I use it when when I'm using sendgrid API to pass email content in a get HTTP request.

answered Apr 26, 2015 at 7:51

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