need help converting a list into a string or vice versa

[victory2006]

I need help converting a list into a string
ex/

i want to compare this, "110"(strin g) to this [110](list)

to see if they are identical. So, how would you do this? convert the string into a list? the list into a string? then compare the two?

thanks in advance

[bvdet]

Is the 110 in the list an integer?
[code=Python]>>> alist = [110]
>>> astring = '110'
>>> alist[0] == astring
False
>>> str(alist[0]) == astring
True
>>> alist == [int(astring)]
True
>>> [/code]

[victory2006]

here how about this, [[1,1,0],[0,1,0],[0,0,1]] and compare it with the string "110"

in that list of lists, is it possible to compare that string ("110") with the any of the lists inside the list of lists?

what im trying to say here is, is it possible to match the string with any one of them in there

[bvdet]

Yes.
[code=Python]data = [[1,1,0],[0,1,0],[0,0,1]]
s = "110"

slist = [int(i) for i in list(s)]

if slist in data:
print 'Variable is at list index %s.' % data.index(slis t)
else:
print 'Variable is not in the list.'[/code]

[victory2006]

what if your variable "s" was 10, such that s is always one digit less than from the lists inside the list of lists.

because i entered s as 10 and my "data" was at [[0, 1, 0], [0, 1, 0], [1, 1, 0]]

but it said 'Variable is not in the list.' but "10" is found from within all of those lists (the last two numbers in each list)

again, thanks alot for the help

oh yeah, and also in your code, "'Variable is at list index %s.' % data.index(slis t) " those % mean module?

[bvdet]

You could do something like this:
[code=Python]s = '10'
data = [[1,1,0],[0,1,0],[0,0,1]]
dataList = [''.join([str(i) for i in item]) for item in data]
for i, item in enumerate(dataL ist):
if s in item:
print 'Variable is at data[%s][%s].' % (i, item.index(s))[/code]

The modulo operator (s % d) produces a formatted string given a format string s and a tuple or dictionary d.
[code=Python]>>> "The %(car)s was clocked at %(speed)d MPH." % {'car': "Lamborghin i", 'speed': 220}
'The Lamborghini was clocked at 220 MPH'
>>> "The %s was clocked at %d MPH." % ("Lamborghin i", 220)
'The Lamborghini was clocked at 220 MPH.'
>>> [/code]

[victory2006]

Oh Thanks! this is what i got

Pattern to be searched: 10
OK
 
The board is 
 
 
Col1   Col2   Col3   
Row1   1   0   0   
Row2   1   1   0   
Row3   1   1   0    
 
[[1, 0, 0], [1, 1, 0], [1, 1, 0]]
Variable is at data[0][0].
Variable is at data[1][1].
Variable is at data[2][1].

BUT, how do u.....

that it checks for pattern "10" in data[0][0]. then data[0][1], then data[0][2]..and so on all the way so that it checks EVERY single couple and tells us whether in each case that it is a identical or not

ex/

"10"
data = [[1, 0, 0], [1, 1, 0], [1, 1, 0]]
Variable is at data[0][0].
variable is not in data [0][1]
...and so on

Thanks

[bvdet]

Either the variable is in the sublist (row) or not.

s = '10'
dataList = [''.join([str(i) for i in item]) for item in data]
for i, item in enumerate(dataList):
    if s in item:
        print 'Variable is at data[%s][%s].' % (i, item.index(s))
    else:
        print 'Variable is not in row %s.' % i

Output:

>>> Variable is at data[0][1].
Variable is at data[1][1].
Variable is not in row 2.
>>>

[victory2006]

so u cant show every specific spot if it is similiar or not?

[bvdet]

Yes, I suppose so. I don't understand what this will do for you though.

data = [[1,1,0],[0,1,0],[0,0,1]]
s = '10'
dataList = [''.join([str(i) for i in item]) for item in data]
for i, item in enumerate(dataList):
    for j in range(len(item)-len(s)+1):
        if s == item[j:j+len(s)]:
            print 'Variable is at data[%s][%s].' % (i, j)
        else:
            print 'Variable is NOT at data[%s][%s].' % (i, j)

Output:

>>> Variable is NOT at data[0][0].
Variable is at data[0][1].
Variable is NOT at data[1][0].
Variable is at data[1][1].
Variable is NOT at data[2][0].
Variable is NOT at data[2][1].
>>>