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pythonpython-2.7
Freddy
Freddy

Reputation: 2382

How to remove parenthesis, comma and Quotation mark

I am trying to print chessboard with "."(dot) and "*"asterisk. Suppose input is 33 i need to print 3 X 3 chessboard.

my code works something like this: 

32
('*', '.')
('.', '*')
*.

I don't know why there is parenthesis, comma and Quotation mark.

here's is my code:

row = raw_input()                   
row = int(row)
count = 0

a = "*"
b = "."

while True:
    count = count +1 




    if ((int(str(row)[0]))%2 == 0) and ((int(str(row)[1]))%2 == 0): 
        print (a,b) * (int(str(row)[1])/2)
        print (b,a) * (int(str(row)[1])/2)

    elif ((int(str(row)[0]))%2 != 0) and ((int(str(row)[1]))%2 == 0):
        print (a,b) * (int(str(row)[1])/2)
        print (b,a) * (int(str(row)[1])/2)


    elif ((int(str(row)[0]))%2 == 0) and ((int(str(row)[1]))%2 != 0):
        print (a,b) * (int(str(row)[1])/2), "*"
        print (b,a) * (int(str(row)[1])/2), "."

    elif ((int(str(row)[0]))%2 != 0) and ((int(str(row)[1]))%2 != 0):   
        print (a,b) * (int(str(row)[1])/2), "*"
        print (b,a) * (int(str(row)[1])/2), "."


    if (int(str(row)[0]))%2 == 0 and count == (int(str(row)[0]))/2 :
        break

    elif (int(str(row)[0]))%2 != 0 and count == (int(str(row)[0]))/2:
        print "*."
        break

I used logic "a" * 4 will print aaaa but it is not printing like that!

P.S. I know few stuff are still not working like single digit boards and any board which contains 1.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 78

Answers (1)

John Kugelman
John Kugelman

Reputation: 361585

Instead of (a,b) * number use (a+b) * number. (a,b) is a tuple whereas (a+b) is a string.

Upvotes: 1

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