python char array to string code example

Example 1: how to join a list of characters in python

>>> a = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']
>>> ''.join(a)
'abcd'

Example 2: python string to char array

>>> s = "foobar"
>>> list(s)
['f', 'o', 'o', 'b', 'a', 'r']

Example 3: char array to string

String string = String.valueOf(a);

Example 4: how to save string characters into char array or list in python

fd = open(filename, 'rU')
chars = []
for line in fd:
    chars.extend(line)