Print list without brackets or commas in python : <p>I'm working on a simple compression algorithm that compresses binary files. I am scanning the file and filling a list with the character &amp; the number of times that character appears after it. The list however is formatted in a way that is making the compressed result larger due to all the brackets &amp; commas and I need rid of these. I have tried several methods of removing them but nothing is working.
Here is the encode algorithm:</p>

<pre><code>def encode(inputString):
characterCount = 1
previousCharacter = '' 
List = []
for character in inputString: 
    if character != previousCharacter:
        if previousCharacter:
            listEntry = (previousCharacter, characterCount) 
            List.append(listEntry) 
            #print lst
        characterCount = 1 
        previousCharacter = character
    else: 
        characterCount += 1
else: 
    try: 
        listEntry = (character, characterCount)
        List.append(listEntry)
        return (List, 0)
    except Exception as e:
        print("Exception encountered {e}".format(e=e)) 
        return (e, 1)`
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<p>And here is where I print the list. The hashed comments are the methods I have already tried with no luck.</p>

<pre><code>value = encode(binaryfile)
if value[1] == 0:
print(value[0])   

#flattened = [val for sublist in value for val in sublist]
#print(flattened)
#values = value[0]

#print(*value[0], sep='')
#print (''.join(map(str, value)))
#print(int("".join(str(x) for x in value[0])))
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<p>And here is the output.</p>

<pre><code>[('1', 2), ('0', 1), ('1', 1), ('0', 4), ('1', 2), ('0', 2), ('1', 4), ('0', 3), ('1', 1), ('0', 3), ('1', 4), ('0', 5), ('1', 1), ('0', 1), ('1', 1), ('0', 4), ('1', 2), ('0', 1), ('1', 2), ('0', 3), ('1', 1), ('0', 3), ('1', 2), ('0', 1), ('1', 1), ('0', 1), ('1', 3), ('0', 4), ('1', 1), ('0', 130), ('1', 5), ('0', 15), ('1', 2), ('0', 8), ('1', 7), ('0', 1), ('1', 8), ('0', 4), ('1', 1), ('0', 2), ('1', 1), ('0', 13), ('1', 2), ('0', 96), ('1', 1), ('0', 26), ('1', 3), ('0', 70), ('1', 1), ('0', 22), ('1', 3), ('0', 1), ('1', 1), ('0', 32), ('1', 1), ('0', 24), ('1', 7), ('0', 1), ('1', 24), ('0', 34), ('1', 2), ('0', 1), ('1', 3), ('0', 24), ('1', 3459), ('0', 1), ('1', 2), ('0', 2), ('1', 1), ('0', 1), ('1', 1), ('0', 2), ('1', 1), ('0', 1), ('1', 3), ('0', 5), ('1', 1), ('0', 10), ('1', 1), ('0', 2), ('1', 3), ('0', 1), ('1', 2), ('0', 9), ('1', 1), ('0', 2), ('1', 1), ('0', 5), ('1', 1), ('0', 18), ('1', 4), ('0', 7), ('1', 1), ('0', 2), ('1', 1), ('0', 1), ('1', 1),
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<p>Any help is greatly appreciated</p>
