caroline metcalf wrote:
> Hi there
>
> I am having an issue. This code normally works fine
>
> Code:
> veg="carrots"
> print("Mashed ",veg," on the ceiling.")
> print("Green beans on the floor.")
> print("Stewed tomatoes in the corner.")
> print("Squash upon the door.")
>
> But, I am getting this. Result:
> ('Mashed ', 'carrots', ' on the ceiling.')
> Green beans on the floor.
> Stewed tomatoes in the corner.
> Squash upon the door.
>>>>
>
> I have tried semi-colons instead of commas as Spain uses these often
> but...
> I don't know what else to try. Any ideas please?
The code you show is written for Python 3 where print() is a function, but
you run it under Python 2 where print was a statement and the line
> print("Mashed ",veg," on the ceiling.")
tells Python to print the tuple
("Mashed ",veg," on the ceiling.")
instead of invoking the print() function. As a fix I recommend that you
ensure that you use a Python 3 interpreter. Your other options are:
1. Remove the parens:
print "Mashed ",veg," on the ceiling." # python 2 only
2. Add
from __future__ import print_function # make print() available in py2
3 Use string formatting:
print("Mashed {} on the ceiling.".format(veg))
Parens around a single value are ignored, so here print works both as a
statement and as a function.
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