IPython Notebook output cell is truncating contents of my list

Question

I have a long list (about 4000 items) whose content is suppressed when I try to display it in an ipython notebook output cell. Maybe two-thirds is shown, but the end has a

Answer 1

How to disable list truncation in IPython:

1. Create an IPython config file if you don't already have one:

   ipython profile create
   

2. Edit the config file to include this line:

   c.PlainTextFormatter.max_seq_length = 0
   

3. Restart your notebook instance.

Answer 2

Here's a way to display the whole list in the IPython output cell that doesn't require Pandas:

from IPython.display import HTML
x = range(4000)
HTML('<br />'.join(str(y) for y in x))

It is also pretty easy to add additional HTML elements and get a more elaborate display. Clicking to the left of the output cell will now shrink the contents and add a local scroll bar.

Answer 3

The following line prints everything in your list in a readable manner.

[print(x) for x in lis] 

Answer 4

For cases where the output of print(mylist) is something like [1, 1, 1, ..., 1, 1, 1] then [*mylist] will expand the items into rows where all items are visible.

Answer 5

This should work:

print(str(mylist))

Simple!

Answer 6

I know its a pretty old thread, but still wanted to post my answer in the hope it helps someone. You can change the number of max_seq_items shown by configuring the pandas options as follows:

pd.options.display.max_seq_items = 2000