String formatting in Python

Question

I want to do something like String.Format(\"[{0}, {1}, {2}]\", 1, 2, 3) which returns:

[1, 2, 3]

How do I do this in Python?

Answer 1

If you don't know how many items are in list, this aproach is the most universal

>>> '[{0}]'.format(', '.join([str(i) for i in [1,2,3]]))

'[1, 2, 3]'

It is mouch simplier for list of strings

>>> '[{0}]'.format(', '.join(['a','b','c']))
'[a, b, c]'