Python equivalent of Java StringBuffer?

Question

Is there anything in Python like Java\'s StringBuffer? Since strings are immutable in Python too, editing them in loops would be inefficient.

Answer 1

Just a test I run on python 3.6.2 showing that "join" still win BIG!

from time import time


def _with_format(i):
    _st = ''
    for i in range(0, i):
        _st = "{}{}".format(_st, "0")
    return _st


def _with_s(i):
    _st = ''
    for i in range(0, i):
        _st = "%s%s" % (_st, "0")
    return _st


def _with_list(i):
    l = []
    for i in range(0, i):
        l.append("0")
    return "".join(l)


def _count_time(name, i, func):
    start = time()
    r = func(i)
    total = time() - start
    print("%s done in %ss" % (name, total))
    return r

iterationCount = 1000000

r1 = _count_time("with format", iterationCount, _with_format)
r2 = _count_time("with s", iterationCount, _with_s)
r3 = _count_time("with list and join", iterationCount, _with_list)

if r1 != r2 or r2 != r3:
    print("Not all results are the same!")

And the output was:

with format done in 17.991968870162964s
with s done in 18.36879801750183s
with list and join done in 0.12142801284790039s