How can I suppress the newline after a print statement?
PythonPython 3.xPython Problem Overview
I read that to suppress the newline after a print statement you can put a comma after the text. The example here looks like Python 2. How can it be done in Python 3?
For example:
for item in [1,2,3,4]:
print(item, " ")
What needs to change so that it prints them on the same line?
Python Solutions
Solution 1 - Python
The question asks: "How can it be done in Python 3?"
Use this construct with Python 3.x:
for item in [1,2,3,4]:
print(item, " ", end="")
This will generate:
1 2 3 4
See this Python doc for more information:
Old: print x, # Trailing comma suppresses newline
New: print(x, end=" ") # Appends a space instead of a newline
--
Aside:
in addition, the print()
function also offers the sep
parameter that lets one specify how individual items to be printed should be separated. E.g.,
In [21]: print('this','is', 'a', 'test') # default single space between items
this is a test
In [22]: print('this','is', 'a', 'test', sep="") # no spaces between items
thisisatest
In [22]: print('this','is', 'a', 'test', sep="--*--") # user specified separation
this--*--is--*--a--*--test
Solution 2 - Python
Code for Python 3.6.1
print("This first text and " , end="")
print("second text will be on the same line")
print("Unlike this text which will be on a newline")
Output
>>>
This first text and second text will be on the same line
Unlike this text which will be on a newline
Solution 3 - Python
print didn't transition from statement to function until Python 3.0. If you're using older Python then you can suppress the newline with a trailing comma like so:
print "Foo %10s bar" % baz,
Solution 4 - Python
Because python 3 print() function allows end="" definition, that satisfies the majority of issues.
In my case, I wanted to PrettyPrint and was frustrated that this module wasn't similarly updated. So i made it do what i wanted:
from pprint import PrettyPrinter
class CommaEndingPrettyPrinter(PrettyPrinter):
def pprint(self, object):
self._format(object, self._stream, 0, 0, {}, 0)
# this is where to tell it what you want instead of the default "\n"
self._stream.write(",\n")
def comma_ending_prettyprint(object, stream=None, indent=1, width=80, depth=None):
"""Pretty-print a Python object to a stream [default is sys.stdout] with a comma at the end."""
printer = CommaEndingPrettyPrinter(
stream=stream, indent=indent, width=width, depth=depth)
printer.pprint(object)
Now, when I do:
comma_ending_prettyprint(row, stream=outfile)
I get what I wanted (substitute what you want -- Your Mileage May Vary)
Solution 5 - Python
There's some information on printing without newline here.
In Python 3.x we can use ‘end=’ in the print function. This tells it to end the string with a character of our choosing rather than ending with a newline. For example:
print("My 1st String", end=","); print ("My 2nd String.")
This results in:
My 1st String, My 2nd String.