Using print with format to stdout generates unwanted space

[Tim Williams (gmail)]

On 6/20/05, Michael Hoffman <cam.ac.uk at mh391.invalid> wrote:
> Paul Watson wrote:
> 
> > While printf() does tightly control formatting in C, it does not in
>  > Python.
> 
> There is no printf() in Python. You should not think of print as being a
> Python version of printf.

For quick and simple removal of the extra space,  append a '\b'
backspace character to your output "string"