[Tutor] Basic question on spaces

[Steve Willoughby]

On 19-Jul-11 20:39, Alexander Quest wrote:
> Hello; I'm a new student of Python using "Python Programming for
> Absolute Beginners" 3rd edition by Michael Dawson as my guide. This is a
> basic question regarding spaces. I'm not sure how to make it so spaces
> do not show up between variables and basic strings, particularly before
> commas and after dollar signs, as in the simple "tipper" program I have
> below.

You don't want to use print with a comma-separated list of values, then. 
  Your best bet would be the format string method, like this:

print """
Okay, based on that bill, a 15% tip would be ${0}, and
a 20% tip would be ${1}.
""".format(percent15, percent20)


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