title: converting to string from sqlite tuple
body: <p>When I retrieve data from my database, it is returned in the following format however I need it simply as just the text on its own:</p>
  
  <pre><code>[(u'milk',)]
  [(7,)]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>i have tried converting it into a string etc so that I could use a for loop to iterate through it and pop off the unneeded characters but nothing has worked</p>
  
  <p>Here is my code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>def retShopping(db):
      item = []
      quan = []
      with sqlite3.connect(db) as db:
          cursor = db.cursor()
          cursor.execute('''SELECT quantity FROM Shopping''')
          hold = str(cursor.fetchall())
          quan.append(hold)
          cursor.execute('''SELECT item FROM Shopping''')
          hold2 = str(cursor.fetchall())
          item.append(hold2)
          print(item[0])
          print(quan[0])
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am hoping to be able to just end up with the strings<code>'milk'</code> and <code>'7'</code> so that I am able to use them in print statements.</p>