Convert Set to String in Python

Last Updated : 15 Oct, 2020

In this article, we will discuss how to convert a set to a string in Python. It can done using two ways –

Method 1: Using str()
We will convert a Set into a String in Python using the str() function.

Syntax : str(object, encoding = ’utf-8?, errors = ’strict’)

Parameters :

object : The object whose string representation is to be returned.

encoding : Encoding of the given object.

errors : Response when decoding fails.

Returns : String version of the given object

Example 1 :

# create a set 
s = {'a', 'b', 'c', 'd'} 
print("Initially") 
print("The datatype of s : " + str(type(s))) 
print("Contents of s : ", s) 
  
# convert Set to String 
s = str(s) 
print("\nAfter the conversion") 
print("The datatype of s : " + str(type(s))) 
print("Contents of s : " + s) 

Output :

Initially
The datatype of s : <class 'set'>
Contents of s :  {'c', 'd', 'a', 'b'}

After the conversion
The datatype of s : <class 'str'>
Contents of s : {'c', 'd', 'a', 'b'}

Example 2 :

# create a set 
s = {'g', 'e', 'e', 'k', 's'} 
print("Initially") 
print("The datatype of s : " + str(type(s))) 
print("Contents of s : ", s) 
  
# convert Set to String 
s = str(s) 
print("\nAfter the conversion") 
print("The datatype of s : " + str(type(s))) 
print("Contents of s : " + s) 

Output :

Initially
The datatype of s : <class 'set'>
Contents of s :  {'k', 'g', 's', 'e'}

After the conversion
The datatype of s : <class 'str'>
Contents of s : {'k', 'g', 's', 'e'}

Method 2: Using Join()

The join() method is a string method and returns a string in which the elements of sequence have been joined by str separator.

Syntax:

string_name.join(iterable)

# create a set 
s = {'a', 'b', 'c', 'd'} 
print("Initially") 
print("The datatype of s : " + str(type(s))) 
print("Contents of s : ", s) 
   
# convert Set to String 
S = ', '.join(s) 
print("The datatype of s : " + str(type(S))) 
print("Contents of s : ", S) 

Output:

Initially
The datatype of s : <class 'set'>
Contents of s :  {'c', 'd', 'a', 'b'}
The datatype of s : <class 'str'>
Contents of s :  c, d, a, b

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