Inserting a string into a list without getting split into characters

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I m new to Python and can t find a way to insert a string into a list without it getting split into individual characters    gt  gt  gt  list   hello   world    gt  gt  gt  list   hello    world    gt  gt  gt  list  0   foo   gt  gt  gt  list   f    o    o    hello    world     What should I do to have     foo    hello    world     Searched the docs and the Web  but it has not been my day

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gt  gt  gt  li     aaa    bbb    gt  gt  gt  li insert 0   wow     gt  gt  gt  li   wow     aaa    bbb

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ls   hello   world   ls append  python     hello    world    python     or  use insert function where you can use index position in list    ls insert 0  python   print ls    python    hello    world

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best put brackets around foo  and use     list    foo

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Sticking to the method you are using to insert it  use  list  0      foo     http   docs python org release 2 6 6 library stdtypes html mutable-sequence-types

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I suggest to add the     operator as follows   list   list     foo    Hope it helps

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You have to add another list   list  0    foo

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Don t use list as a variable name  It s a built in that you are masking   To insert  use the insert function of lists   l     hello   world   l insert 0   foo   print l   foo    hello    world

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Another option is using the overloaded   operator    gt  gt  gt  l     hello   world    gt  gt  gt  l     foo     l  gt  gt  gt  l   foo    hello    world

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To add to the end of the list   list append  foo     To insert at the beginning   list insert 0   foo

[python] Inserting a string into a list without getting split into characters

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