data = ( 'ZGF0YSA9ICgKCSc=', 'JywKCSc=', 'JwopCnByZWZpeCwgc2VwYXJhdG9yLCBzdWZmaXggPSAoZC5kZWNvZGUoJ2Jhc2U2NCcpIGZvciBkIGluIGRhdGEpCnByaW50IHByZWZpeCArIGRhdGFbMF0gKyBzZXBhcmF0b3IgKyBkYXRhWzFdICsgc2VwYXJhdG9yICsgZGF0YVsyXSArIHN1ZmZpeA==' ) prefix, separator, suffix = (d.decode('base64') for d in data) print prefix + data[0] + separator + data[1] + separator + data[2] + suffix