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user13335838
user13335838

Reputation:

Experimenting Functions

name="D. Perkins  "
age="69"
ethnicity="black"
print(name,"\n",age,ethnicity)

Im new and experimenting with functions in python, this one in particular results in:

D. Perkins   
 69 black
^

this gap here is what I'm trying to solve, how would I do this ? Particularly in one string. Is there a better way to start a new line?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 50

Answers (3)

Taterhead
Taterhead

Reputation: 5951

The reason you are getting an extra space there, is because the print() function inserts a separator between each argument. Because you did not specify a separator, a space is used.

print(name,"\n",age,ethnicity)

results as:

name + " " + "\n" + " " + age + " " + ethnicity

That space after the newline is your problem.

For you to get a new line without a leading space on the next line, concatenate your string outside of the print function like so:

lines = name + "\n" + age + " " + ethnicity
print(lines)

Python takes a little getting used to. Once you learn the basics, it is a very powerful language.

Upvotes: 0

Dwij Sheth
Dwij Sheth

Reputation: 300

You can use sep="\n" in print function,

print(name, age+ethnicity, sep="\n")

Upvotes: 2

vkozyrev
vkozyrev

Reputation: 1988

You could use string interpolation here in numerous ways, e.g. if you are using Python 3.6 or newer

name="D. Perkins  "
age="69"
ethnicity="black"
print(f"{name}\n{age} {ethnicity}")

or using string formatting

print("{n}\n{a} {e}".format(n=name, a=age, e=ethnicity))

Upvotes: 2

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