print "foo", without a space

[Tim Peters]

[Mikael Johansson]
> Is there another way of getting print to not make a newline than
> using:
>     print "foo",  ?

No.

> This because the comma always produces a space which necessary
> isn't that nice ...

That's a different issue than newlines.  In small doses, this devious trick
is quite pleasant:

>>> import sys
>>> def no_space_before(x):
        sys.stdout.softspace = 0
        return x

>>> ns = no_space_before
>>> print 1, ns(2), 3, ns(4), 5
12 34 5
>>>

the-great-thing-about-python-is-it's-so-obvious<wink>-ly y'rs  - tim