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Python

Posted by alpha1
alpha1
701 Points

I am so confused. I instructor did not really explain this code ---> end=' '.

I hope the instructor explain the code block on how to print spaces and strikes.

4 Answers

Christian Mangeng
Christian Mangeng
15,969 Points
Christian Mangeng
Christian Mangeng
15,969 Points

You can use this command within the print() function to define what follows after the printout. By default, print("hello") will output a newline element after "hello", which is the same as print("hello", end="\n"). If you only want a space after "hello", you can do that with print("hello", end=" "). Using print("hello", end="") does not output any space after "hello".

alpha1
alpha1
701 Points
alpha1
alpha1
701 Points

Thanks Christian! However, is "end" a keyword in Python? Also, why do we need to include it in our code when we can add a space after hello? Say, print("Hello "). Can't we also do print("Hello\n") ?

Christian Mangeng
Christian Mangeng
15,969 Points
Christian Mangeng
Christian Mangeng
15,969 Points

1) The end="" statement is part of the print() function.

2) If you added a space or newline directly after the word hello, it would be included in the string. This would change the actual string, which you usually do not want.

alpha1
alpha1
701 Points
alpha1
alpha1
701 Points

I now totally understand! Thank you very much Christian!