newbie ``print`` question

[gwhite]

On Sep 2, 10:55 am, Chris Rebert <c... at rebertia.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 10:23 AM, gwhite <gwh... at ti.com> wrote:
> > I can't figure out how to stop the "add a space at the beginning"
> > behavior of the print function.
>
> >>>> print 1,;print 2,
> > 1 2
>
> > See the space in between the 1 and the 2 at the output print to the
> > command console?
>
> > The help for print is:
>
> > "A space is written before each object is (converted and) written,
> > unless the output system believes it is positioned at the beginning of
> > a line."
>
> > So it is apparently doing what it is supposed to do.
>
> > Is there a way to stop this?
>
> If you were to use Python 3.x, yes. Otherwise, no.
>
> > Or is there a different function that
> > will only print what you have in the formatted string?
>
> Use the .write() method of the sys.stdout file object.http://docs.python.org/library/sys.html#sys.stdout
>
> Alternatively, you can stick with `print` and rework your code so that
> it outputs an entire line at a time (thus, there'd only be 1 argument
> passed to `print`, so its "spaces between arguments" feature wouldn't
> come into play).
>
> Cheers,
> Chris

Thanks.