can you concatenate strings in python code example

Example 1: python concatenate strings

x = ‘apples’
y = ‘lemons’
z = “In the basket are %s and %s” % (x,y)

Example 2: python merge strings

my_list = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']
my_string = ','.join(my_list)
# Output = 'a,b,c,d'