How to change the list separator in python?

Question

I have a list

[u\'Scanned by CamS\\nINCOME TAN DEPARTMENT\\nINDER SINGH\\nAMAR JEETSINGH FIORA\\n2407/1985\\nMimi\\nAAPPF5793,\\nGOVT of INDIA\\n\']

Answer 1

You can try this both..

a = [u'Scanned by CamS\nINCOME TAN DEPARTMENT\nINDER SINGH\nAMAR JEETSINGH FIORA\n2407/1985\nMimi\nAAPPF5793,\nGOVT of INDIA\n']

print str(a[0]).split('\n')
#['Scanned by CamS', 'INCOME TAN DEPARTMENT', 'INDER SINGH', 'AMAR JEETSINGH FIORA', '2407/1985', 'Mimi', 'AAPPF5793,', 'GOVT of INDIA', '']

print str(a[0]).replace('\n',' ,')
#Scanned by CamS ,INCOME TAN DEPARTMENT ,INDER SINGH ,AMAR JEETSINGH FIORA ,2407/1985 ,Mimi ,AAPPF5793, ,GOVT of INDIA ,