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Re: Is there any difference between print 3 and print '3' in Python ?

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Date 2012-03-26 23:01 +1100
Subject Re: Is there any difference between print 3 and print '3' in Python ?
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.993.1332763303.3037.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 10:45 PM,  <redstone-cold@163.com> wrote:
> I know the print statement produces the same result when both of these two instructions are executed ,I just want to know Is there any difference between print 3 and print '3' in Python ?

One of them takes the integer 3, converts it into a string, and prints
it. The other takes the string '3' and prints it. There's a lot of
difference under the covers, but both will print a 3, followed by a
newline.

ChrisA

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Is there any difference between print 3 and print '3' in Python ? redstone-cold@163.com - 2012-03-26 04:45 -0700
  Re: Is there any difference between print 3 and print '3' in Python ? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-03-26 23:01 +1100
  Re: Is there any difference between print 3 and print '3' in Python ? Kiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> - 2012-03-26 14:07 +0200
  Re: Is there any difference between print 3 and print '3' in Python ? Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2012-03-26 13:10 +0100
  Re: Is there any difference between print 3 and print '3' in Python ? Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-03-26 08:11 -0400
    Re: Is there any difference between print 3 and print '3' in Python ? redstone-cold@163.com - 2012-03-26 07:28 -0700
      Re: Is there any difference between print 3 and print '3' in Python ? Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2012-03-26 17:03 +0200
    Re: Is there any difference between print 3 and print '3' in Python ? redstone-cold@163.com - 2012-03-26 07:28 -0700
    Re: Is there any difference between print 3 and print '3' in Python ? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-03-27 03:43 +0000
      Re: Is there any difference between print 3 and print '3' in Python ? rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2012-03-26 22:00 -0700
  Re: Is there any difference between print 3 and print '3' in Python ? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-03-26 11:45 -0400
  Re: Is there any difference between print 3 and print '3' in Python ? "J. Cliff Dyer" <jcd@sdf.lonestar.org> - 2012-03-26 13:06 -0400
  Re: Is there any difference between print 3 and print '3' in Python ? Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-03-26 19:20 +0200

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