Python - Incremental Slice concatenation in String list

Python – Incremental Slice concatenation in String list

Last Updated : 11 Oct, 2020

Given a String list, perform the task of the concatenation of strings by increasing the size at each string.

Examples:

Input : test_list = [‘gfg’, ‘for’, ‘all’, ‘geeks’],
Output : gfoallgeek
Explanation : g, fo, all, geek -> concatenated from each string [ increasing order ].

Input : test_list = [‘gfg’, ‘for’, ‘geeks’],
Output : gfogee
Explanation : g, fo, gee -> concatenated from each string [ increasing order ].

Method #1 : Using loop + slicing

In this, using loop, each string is iterated and concatenated by slicing increasing the counter at each pass.

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# Python3 code to demonstrate working of 
# Incremental Slice concatenation in String list
# Using loop + slicing
  
# initializing list
test_list = ['gfg', 'for', 'all', 'geeks']
  
# printing original list
print("The original list is : " + str(test_list))
  
res = ''
for idx in range(len(test_list)):
      
    # Incremental slicing
    res += test_list[idx][:idx + 1]
  
# printing result 
print("Incremental sliced concatenated string : " + str(res))

Output

The original list is : ['gfg', 'for', 'all', 'geeks']
Incremental sliced concatenated string : gfoallgeek

Method #2 : Using join() + list comprehension

In this, task of concatenation is done using join(), task of iteration is done using list comprehension to provide shorthand.

Python3

# Python3 code to demonstrate working of 
# Incremental Slice concatenation in String list
# Using join() + list comprehension
  
# initializing list
test_list = ['gfg', 'for', 'all', 'geeks']
  
# printing original list
print("The original list is : " + str(test_list))
  
# join performs concatenation
res = ''.join([test_list[idx][:idx + 1] for idx in range(len(test_list))])
  
# printing result 
print("Incremental sliced concatenated string : " + str(res))

Output

The original list is : ['gfg', 'for', 'all', 'geeks']
Incremental sliced concatenated string : gfoallgeek

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