Join two or multiple lists in Python

Here, we are showing you the different methods that can be used to join or concatenate two or multiple lists in Python.

list_1 = [1, 2]
list_2 = [3, 4]

result = list_1 + list_2

print(result)

The simplest method to join two lists is by using the + operator and placing the + keyword between lists that you want to concatenate.

In the above code snippet:

We have defined two lists - list_1 and list_2
We are joining them using the + operator and assigning them to the result variable that will contain the merged list.
Print the final list - result.

Join three lists using + operator

list_1 = ['Apple', 'Banana']
list_2 = ['Orange']
list_3 = ['papaya']

result = list_1 + list_2 + list_3

print(result)

Output

['Apple', 'Banana', 'Orange', 'papaya']

Join two lists using extend() function

You can join two lists using extend() function too. The basic syntax to join two lists using extend() function will be:

List1.extend(List2)

Code Example

list_1 = ['Microsoft', 'Apple']
list_2 = ['Tesla']

list_1.extend(list_2)

print(list_1)

Output

['Microsoft', 'Apple', 'Tesla']

Jon two lists using For loop and append() function

list_1 = ['Microsoft', 'Apple']
list_2 = ['Tesla', 'Devsheet', 'SpaceX']

#Join List_2 in List_1
for item in list_2:
  list_1.append(item)

print(list_1)

# -> ['Microsoft', 'Apple', 'Tesla', 'Devsheet', 'SpaceX']

We can use Python For loop and List.append() function to Join two lists. We are merging list_2 in list_1 using the above code snippet.

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