Robert H wrote: > I have Python 3.2 installed on Windows 7. I am a complete beginner playing > around with the basic functions. My problem is the following script: > > > name="world" > print("Hello", name,"!") > > > The result is: > Hello world ! > > > However, I don't want the space before the exclamation mark. I want this: > Hello world! > > > I tried to solve the problem with e.g.: > print("Hello",name.strip(),"!") > but the result is the same.
print() by default inserts a space between its arguments. You can avoid that by specifying a separator explicitly with the "sep" keyword. Let me show it in the interactive interpreter which is generally a good place to experiment with small snippets of code: >>> name = "Robert" >>> print("Hello ", name, "!", sep="") # Note the explicit " " after "Hello" Hello Robert! Another goodie is that you can easily get useful information about modules, classes, keywords, and functions, e. g. >>> help(print) shows print(...) print(value, ..., sep=' ', end='\n', file=sys.stdout) Prints the values to a stream, or to sys.stdout by default. Optional keyword arguments: file: a file-like object (stream); defaults to the current sys.stdout. sep: string inserted between values, default a space. end: string appended after the last value, default a newline. Use help() without argument to learn more about the interactive help. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor