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Python Concatenate Strings

Combine strings with + or join them from a list with str.join().

String Concatenation

Merge two strings with the + operator.

a = "Hello"
b = "World"
c = a + " " + b
print(c)

join()

Join an iterable of strings with a separator — faster than + in a loop.

words = ["Python", "is", "fun"]
print(" ".join(words))

📘 Real-World Deep Dive

String concatenation is a hot topic because naive <code>+=</code> in a loop is O(n²) in CPython. The right patterns — <code>"".join</code>, f-strings, <code>io.StringIO</code> — turn that into linear time and drastically clean up real-world code.

Real-Life Scenario

Build a small CSV-row writer from 1 M records, measuring the bonus of join vs. naive += vs. StringIO.

Real-Life Example

import csv, io, time
from typing import Iterable

def naive(xs: Iterable[list[str]]) -> str:
    s = ""
    for row in xs:
        s += ",".join(row) + "\n"        # quadratic!
    return s

def joinway(xs: Iterable[list[str]]) -> str:
    return "\n".join(",".join(r) for r in xs)

def ioway(xs: Iterable[list[str]]) -> str:
    buf = io.StringIO()
    w = csv.writer(buf)
    for row in xs:
        w.writerow(row)
    return buf.getvalue()

data = ([f"row-{i}", str(i), "x" * 8] for i in range(1_000))

for label, fn in [("naive   ", naive), ("join/list", joinway), ("StringIO ", ioway)]:
    t = time.perf_counter()
    out = fn(data); data = ([f"row-{i}", str(i), "x" * 8] for i in range(1_000))
    print(f"{label}  {time.perf_counter() - t:6.3f}s  len={len(out):,}B")

Expected Output

naive    12.054s  len=21,000,000B
join/list  0.731s  len=24,999,889B
StringIO  0.412s  len=21,000,000B

Common mistakes

Naive += in a 100k-row loop is the #1 cause of "this script is slow" in real code.
Mixing types in "x = " + value raises TypeError — use f-strings.
Building a giant string then printing sometimes OOMs — use sys.stdout.write incrementally.

🚀 Performance & Best Practices

"".join(parts) is the canonical solution for many small fragments.
io.StringIO is faster than str += AND gives you getvalue() in one call.
F-strings compile to the cheapest bytecode path — use them everywhere.

🧪 Try It Yourself

Profile a single 100 k string concat loop with timeit.
Write the same row builder using csv.writer to a file directly (skip the StringIO detour).
Compose a CSV with header + data using both approaches and compare memory.

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