Python – Substring concatenation by Separator

Sometimes, while working with Python Lists, we can have problem in which we need to perform the concatenation of strings in a list till the separator. This can have application in domains in which we need chunked data. Lets discuss certain ways in which this task can be performed.

Method #1 : Using loop
This is brute force way in which this task can be performed. In this, we perform the task of joining in loop conditional statements and re initialize string to empty on separator occurrence.

# Python3 code to demonstrate working of
# Substring concatenation by Separator
# Using loop

# initializing list
test_list = ['gfg', 'is', '*', 'best', '*', 'for', 'geeks']

# printing original list
print("The original list is : " + str(test_list))

# initializing K
K = '*'

# Substring concatenation by Separator
# Using loop
res = []
temp = ''
for sub in test_list:
    if sub != '*':
        temp += sub
    else:
        res.append(temp)
        temp = ''
if temp:
    res.append(temp)

# printing result
print("The list after String concatenation : " + str(res))

Output :

The original list is : ['gfg', 'is', '*', 'best', '*', 'for', 'geeks']
The list after String concatenation : ['gfgis', 'best', 'forgeeks']

Method #2 : Using join() + split() + list comprehension
The combination of above functions can be used to perform this task. In this, we perform the task of concatenation using join(). The list construction is done using list comprehension.

# Python3 code to demonstrate working of
# Substring concatenation by Separator
# Using join() + split() + list comprehension

# initializing list
test_list = ['gfg', 'is', '*', 'best', '*', 'for', 'geeks']

# printing original list
print("The original list is : " + str(test_list))

# initializing K
K = '*'

# Substring concatenation by Separator
# Using join() + split() + list comprehension
res = [ele for ele in ''.join(test_list).split(K) if ele]

# printing result
print("The list after String concatenation : " + str(res))

Output :

The original list is : ['gfg', 'is', '*', 'best', '*', 'for', 'geeks']
The list after String concatenation : ['gfgis', 'best', 'forgeeks']