combine selected split together as string in python code example
Example 1: split and join in python
>>> a = "this is a string"
>>> a = a.split(" ") # a is converted to a list of strings.
>>> print a
['this', 'is', 'a', 'string']
>>> a = "-".join(a)
>>> print a
this-is-a-string
Example 2: python join string with common string
def merge(s1, s2):
i = 0
while not s2.startswith(s1[i:]):
i += 1
return s1[:i] + s2