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user1337
user1337

Reputation: 97

Empty line before input prompt on Spyder

When I run the code

print("Hi")
input("Hello: ")

on Python Tutor (Python 3.6), I get the expected output (ignoring my input)

Hi
Hello:

However, when I run the same two lines on my computer, using Spyder 3.3.1 and Python 3.7 I get the output

Hi

Hello:

I would like to understand why this blank line appears in Spyder, and also how to get rid of it.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2577

Answers (2)

Martijn Pieters
Martijn Pieters

Reputation: 1123420

This is a Spyder's bug and it was fixed in its 5.3.1 version, released on May 2022.

Note: Please be sure to also have version 5.3.1 of the Qtconsole package to avoid a bug that appeared while fixing this one.

Upvotes: 3

jimmy
jimmy

Reputation: 496

The OP's question has two parts:

  1. "I would like to understand why this blank line appears in Spyder,…"
  2. "…and also how to get rid of it."

Martijn Pieters' answer, where he points out that this is a known issue, only addresses the first part. This answer addresses the second.

Do the following to remove print's default newline:

print("Hi", end="")
input("Hello: ")

Which will return:

Hi
Hello:

Take note: This is a bit of a hack, i.e. it does not remove the newline that precedes input. As a result, if you run your script anywhere other than in Spyder the above code will return:

HiHello:

Since this is a minor quirk that is specific to Spyder, it likely makes more sense just to tolerate it and move on.

Upvotes: 0

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