How can strings be concatenated?
you can also do this:
section = "C_type"
new_section = "Sec_%s" % section
This allows you not only append, but also insert wherever in the string:
section = "C_type"
new_section = "Sec_%s_blah" % section
More efficient ways of concatenating strings are:
join():
Very efficent, but a bit hard to read.
>>> Section = 'C_type'
>>> new_str = ''.join(['Sec_', Section]) # inserting a list of strings
>>> print new_str
>>> 'Sec_C_type'
String formatting:
Easy to read and in most cases faster than '+' concatenating
>>> Section = 'C_type'
>>> print 'Sec_%s' % Section
>>> 'Sec_C_type'
The easiest way would be
Section = 'Sec_' + Section
But for efficiency, see: https://waymoot.org/home/python_string/
Just a comment, as someone may find it useful - you can concatenate more than one string in one go:
>>> a='rabbit'
>>> b='fox'
>>> print '%s and %s' %(a,b)
rabbit and fox