How to make Ipython output a list without line breaks after elements?

Question

The IPython console prints a list of elements with line breaks so that each element is displayed in its own line. This is usually a feature, but in my case it is a bug: I ne

Answer 1

Start ipython with --no-pprint option.

$ ipython --no-pprint
...
IPython 0.13.2 -- An enhanced Interactive Python.
...
In [1]: lis = ['a'*10]*10

In [2]: lis
Out[2]: ['aaaaaaaaaa', 'aaaaaaaaaa', 'aaaaaaaaaa', 'aaaaaaaaaa', 'aaaaaaaaaa', 'aaaaaaaaaa', 'aaaaaaaaaa', 'aaaaaaaaaa', 'aaaaaaaaaa', 'aaaaaaaaaa']

Another options is to start ipython with --classic option, in that pprint is already disabled:

$ ipython --classic
...
IPython 0.13.2 -- An enhanced Interactive Python.
...
>>> lis = ['a'*10]*10
>>> lis
['aaaaaaaaaa', 'aaaaaaaaaa', 'aaaaaaaaaa', 'aaaaaaaaaa', 'aaaaaaaaaa', 'aaaaaaaaaa', 'aaaaaaaaaa', 'aaaaaaaaaa', 'aaaaaaaaaa', 'aaaaaaaaaa']