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Re: newbie ``print`` question

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On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 10:23 AM, gwhite <gwhite@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

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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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