Print each line of a variable into list elements in python

Question

I am trying to print each line into a list element.

Currently I have:

Variable = apple
           ball
           chart
           desk

I want it into ['apple', 'ball', 'chart', 'desk']. I tried append and I get the error str object has no attribute append...

I think it is the inverse of How can I format a list to print each element on a separate line in python?

THis is the code I have so far:

for entry in variable.strip().split(","):

    variable_final = entry.lstrip()
    print variable_final 

The above code prints out:

apple
ball
chart
desk

but when I do print [variable_final] it prints out each line as a list.

Note: I still cant figure out a way to do this. Eventually all I need to do is print these lines vertically. I had asked this question earlier but it was made duplicate... I cannot find a way to print multiple lines vertically or print multiple lists vertically...

a b c d
p a h e
p l a s
l l r k
e   t 

Answer 1

If Variable is an actual variable name that contains a multi-line string, similar to this:

Variable = "\ta\n\tb\n\tc\n\td"

then you could do:

str(Variable.replace("\n", "").split("\t")[1:])

and you can adjust this as necessary for the specific locations of the newline, tab, or other special characters in your variable string.

If the Variable = portion is actually part of the printed string itself, and the variable is called something else, say foo , then you could first do:

foo1 = foo[10:] # or however you want to skip past the 'Variable = ' part

and then just take care re: whether there is a leading whitespace or tabs when you use split .

Answer 2

This might be an answer :

if you have this :

variable =
"""This is a
multiline string
and I want each line
as a separate entry"""

this this code will translate that into a list, with one list entry for each line :

lst = variable.split("\n")