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Re: Converting a list of strings to a single space-delimited string

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• Subject: [mg122853] Re: Converting a list of strings to a single space-delimited string
• From: "Dr. Wolfgang Hintze" <weh at snafu.de>
• Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 07:35:39 -0500 (EST)
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"Dr. Wolfgang Hintze" <weh at snafu.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
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>
> "Andrew DeYoung" <adeyoung at andrew.cmu.edu> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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>> Hi,
>>
>> I know that the command StringSplit can be used to convert a single
>> space-delimited string to a list of strings.  For example,
>>
>> B = "1 2 3";
>> mylist = StringSplit[B]
>>
>> gives a list mylist such that mylist = {"1", "2", "3"}.
>>
>> But what if I would like to go in the reveres direction -- convert
>> {"1", "2", "3"} to "1 2 3"?  Is there a good way to do this, other
>> than using a For loop and concatenating the elements of the list
>> together?
>>
>> Thanks so much.
>>
>> Andrew DeYoung
>> Carnegie Mellon University
>>
>
> It can be easily done:
> (* define data *)
> lst = {"1", "2", "3"}
>    {"1", "2", "3"}
>
> (* perform operation *)
> StringJoin @@ lst
>    "123"
>
> (* check type of result *)
> Head[%]
>    String
>
> Regards,
> Wolfgang
>
>
Sorry, but my solution is incorrect, because I missed the required " " 
(space) between the numbers.
Others have already given a correct solution here.

Regards,
Wolfgang