[Python] How would I make the output of this for loop into a string, into a variable?

In this loop, I'm trying to take user input and continually put it in a list till they write "stop". When the loop is broken, the for loop prints out all of the li's.

How would I take the output of the for loop and make it a string so that I can load it into a variable?

x = ([])
while True:
item = raw_input('Enter List Text (e.g. <li><a href="#">LIST TEXT</a></li>) (Enter "stop" to end loop):\n')
if item == 'stop':
print 'Loop Stopped.'
break
else:
item = make_link(item)
x.append(item)
print 'List Item Added\n'


for i in range(len(x)):
print '<li>' + x + '</li>\n'


I want it to end up like this:

Code:

print list_output


Output:

<li>Blah</li>
<li>Blah</li>
<li>etc.</li>

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