[Tutor] Printing to Screen

[Jeff Shannon]

DORSEY_EDMUND_K@LILLY.COM wrote:

>
> Is there a way to print but not have it do a new line
>
> For instance in java you have print and println in C you have to 
> specify the end of line marker.
>
> Whenever I use print in python is puts a newline. 


If you end your print statement with a comma, then you'll (probably) be 
given a space instead of a newline -- I say probably because if the line 
already ends in whitespace, print will not add more.  This feature is 
called "softspace", and it's intended to help print be a quick & easy 
way to display simple things -- but print is not designed to give you 
complete control over your output.

If you need finer control over the output than print gives you, then you 
can import sys and use sys.stdout.write() -- sys.stdout is a file-like 
object that represents your current standard output, and print 
internally writes to sys.stdout.  You can use most file methods on 
sys.stdout (though not seek-related ones).  Keep in mind that, because 
sys.stdout is a buffered I/O device, you may need to call 
sys.stdout.flush() to actually have written data appear on the screen.

Jeff Shannon
Technician/Programmer
Credit International