List Formatting

This module lets you format lists of items in a locale-dependent manner.

babel.lists.format_list(lst, style='standard', locale='en_US_POSIX')

Format the items in lst as a list.

>>> format_list(['apples', 'oranges', 'pears'], locale='en')
u'apples, oranges, and pears'
>>> format_list(['apples', 'oranges', 'pears'], locale='zh')
u'apples、oranges和pears'
>>> format_list(['omena', 'peruna', 'aplari'], style='or', locale='fi')
u'omena, peruna tai aplari'

These styles are defined, but not all are necessarily available in all locales. The following text is verbatim from the Unicode TR35-49 spec [1].

  • standard: A typical ‘and’ list for arbitrary placeholders. eg. “January, February, and March”

  • standard-short: A short version of a ‘and’ list, suitable for use with short or abbreviated placeholder values. eg. “Jan., Feb., and Mar.”

  • or: A typical ‘or’ list for arbitrary placeholders. eg. “January, February, or March”

  • or-short: A short version of an ‘or’ list. eg. “Jan., Feb., or Mar.”

  • unit: A list suitable for wide units. eg. “3 feet, 7 inches”

  • unit-short: A list suitable for short units eg. “3 ft, 7 in”

  • unit-narrow: A list suitable for narrow units, where space on the screen is very limited. eg. “3′ 7″”

[1]: https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr35/tr35-49/tr35-general.html#ListPatterns

Parameters

  • lst – a sequence of items to format in to a list

  • style – the style to format the list with. See above for description.

  • locale – the locale