Re: newbie ``print`` question

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On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 7:18 AM, gwhite <gwhite@ti.com> wrote:
> Thanks again, Terry.  There is a lot to the language, I am finding
> out.  I am a HW engineer, not really a programmer.  Python seems a lot
> more sophisticated than MATLAB.
>
> I'm kinda thinking `write` is likely to be a little more "stable" than
> `print` (if that is the right characterization) when my eventual
> switch from 2.7 to 3.x happens.  You think?

If you're planning to switch, make use of __future__. It's
specifically to make that job easier. Once you have a future
declaration at the top, print() will be stable across 2.7 and 3.x.

ChrisA

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newbie ``print`` question gwhite <gwhite@ti.com> - 2012-09-02 10:23 -0700
  Re: newbie ``print`` question Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-09-02 18:41 +0100
  Re: newbie ``print`` question Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2012-09-02 13:44 -0400
    Re: newbie ``print`` question gwhite <gwhite@ti.com> - 2012-09-02 12:46 -0700
  Re: newbie ``print`` question mblume <foobar@invalid.invalid> - 2012-09-02 17:49 +0000
    Re: newbie ``print`` question gwhite <gwhite@ti.com> - 2012-09-02 11:51 -0700
  Re: newbie ``print`` question Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com> - 2012-09-02 10:55 -0700
    Re: newbie ``print`` question gwhite <gwhite@ti.com> - 2012-09-02 11:51 -0700
    Re: newbie ``print`` question gwhite <gwhite@ti.com> - 2012-09-02 12:26 -0700
      Re: newbie ``print`` question gwhite <gwhite@ti.com> - 2012-09-02 12:34 -0700
        Re: newbie ``print`` question Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-09-02 15:41 -0400
          Re: newbie ``print`` question gwhite <gwhite@ti.com> - 2012-09-02 12:50 -0700
            Re: newbie ``print`` question Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-09-02 16:15 -0400
              Re: newbie ``print`` question gwhite <gwhite@ti.com> - 2012-09-02 13:58 -0700
                Re: newbie ``print`` question MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-09-02 23:43 +0100
                Re: newbie ``print`` question gwhite <gwhite@ti.com> - 2012-09-02 16:33 -0700
                Re: newbie ``print`` question MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-09-03 01:12 +0100
      Re: newbie ``print`` question Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-09-02 16:49 -0400
        Re: newbie ``print`` question gwhite <gwhite@ti.com> - 2012-09-02 14:18 -0700
          Re: newbie ``print`` question Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-09-03 07:47 +1000
            Re: newbie ``print`` question gwhite <gwhite@ti.com> - 2012-09-02 16:20 -0700
              Re: newbie ``print`` question Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-09-03 09:28 +1000
  Re: newbie ``print`` question Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-09-02 14:33 -0400
    Re: newbie ``print`` question gwhite <gwhite@ti.com> - 2012-09-02 12:18 -0700
  Re: newbie ``print`` question Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-09-02 16:37 -0400
    Re: newbie ``print`` question gwhite <gwhite@ti.com> - 2012-09-02 14:04 -0700

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