generalizing get_text_list helper

IPython/utils/text.py

@@ -726,7 +726,7 b" def columnize(items, separator=' ', displaywidth=80):"
     return '\n'.join(map(sjoin, fmatrix))+'\n'
 
 
-def get_text_list(list_, last_word='and', wrap_item_with=""):
+def get_text_list(list_, last_sep=' and ', sep=", ", wrap_item_with=""):
     """
     Return a string with a natural enumeration of items
 
@@ -734,6 +734,8 b' def get_text_list(list_, last_word=\'and\', wrap_item_with=""):'
     'a, b, c and d'
     >>> get_text_list(['a', 'b', 'c'], 'or')
     'a, b or c'
+    >>> get_text_list(['a', 'b', 'c'], ', ')
+    'a, b, c'
     >>> get_text_list(['a', 'b'], 'or')
     'a or b'
     >>> get_text_list(['a'])
@@ -742,6 +744,8 b' def get_text_list(list_, last_word=\'and\', wrap_item_with=""):'
     ''
     >>> get_text_list(['a', 'b'], wrap_item_with="`")
     '`a` and `b`'
+    >>> get_text_list(['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'], " = ", sep=" + ")
+    'a + b + c = d'
     """
     if len(list_) == 0:
         return ''
@@ -751,5 +755,5 b' def get_text_list(list_, last_word=\'and\', wrap_item_with=""):'
     if len(list_) == 1:
         return list_[0]
     return '%s %s %s' % (
-        ', '.join(i for i in list_[:-1]),
-        last_word, list_[-1])
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+        sep.join(i for i in list_[:-1]),
+        last_sep, list_[-1])
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