Using print instead of file.write(str)

[Jon Clements]

I meant 'trailing': not leading.

mea culpa.

Jon.

Jon Clements wrote:
> Didn't know of the >> syntax:  lovely to know about it Bruno - thank
> you.
>
> To the OP - I find the print statement useful for something like:
> print 'this','is','a','test'
> >>> 'this is a test'
> (with implicit newline and implicit spacing between parameters)
>
> If you want more control (more flexibility, perhaps?) over the
> formatting of the output: be it spacing between parameters or newline
> control, use the methods Bruno describes below.
>
> I'm not sure if you can suppress the spacing between elements (would
> love to be corrected though); to stop the implicit newline use
> something like
> print 'testing',
> >>> 'testing'
> (but - with the leading comma, the newline is suppressed)
>
> I personally find that print is convenient for sentences (or writing
> 'lines').
>
> Thought it worth pointing this out in case, like some I know, you come
> across a cropper with certain output streams.
>
> All the best,
>
> Jon.
>
>
>
> Bruno Desthuilliers wrote:
> > A.M a écrit :
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > >
> > > I found print much more flexible that write method. Can I use print instead
> > > of file.write method?
> > >
> >
> > f = open("/path/to/file")
> > print >> f, "this is my %s message" % "first"
> > f.close()
> >
> > To print to stderr:
> >
> > import sys
> > print >> sys.stderr, "oops"
> >
> > FWIW, you and use string formating anywhere, not only in print statements:
> >
> > s = "some %s and % formating" % ("nice", "cool")
> > print s
> >
> > You can also use "dict formating":
> >
> > names = {"other": "A.M.", "me" : "bruno"}
> > s = "hello %(other)s, my name is %(me)s" % names