Change a list to a string with specific formatting

Question

Let's say that I have a list of names:

names = ['john', 'george', 'ringo', 'paul']

And need to get a string output like:

john', 'george', 'ringo', 'paul

(Note that the missing quote at the beginning and at the end is on purpose)

Is there an easier way to do this than

new_string=''
for x in names:
    new_string = new_string + x + "', '"

I know something like that will work, however the real names list will be very very (very) big and was wondering if there is a nicer way to do this.

Answer 1

You can simply use str.join :

>>> names = ['john', 'george', 'ringo', 'paul']
>>> print("', '".join(names))
john', 'george', 'ringo', 'paul
>>>

Answer 2

may be bad way to do it, just wana share it :

>>> names = ['john', 'george', 'ringo', 'paul']
>>> print(str(names)[2:-2])
john', 'george', 'ringo', 'paul