chomp?

[Timothy Grant]

On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Matt Herzog <msh at blisses.org> wrote:
> Hey Pythons.
>
> This script works fine except I would like it to NOT print everything on a newline.
> How can I tell print to chomp?
>
> Thanks.
>
> ------------------------------- snip ---------------------------------------------
> #!/usr/bin/python
> import time
> import sys
>
> def getload():
>    f = open('/proc/loadavg')
>    data = f.readline()
>    f.close()
>    (load1, load2, load3, extra) = data.split(' ',3)
>    return float(load1)
>
> done = False
> while not done:
>    while getload() < 3:
>        print getload()
>        time.sleep(3)
>
>    # we left the loop!
>    print "Ouch! My CPUs are roasting!
>    time.sleep(3)
>
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a ',' on the end of your print should suppress the newline.

>>> def x():
...    print 'foo',
...    print 'bar'
...
>>> x()
foo bar

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