Help me!

[AznTiger]

How do you print something, followed by an integer than another string on the same line lets say "you have n butterflys" and n = 10

i.e. in java its System.out.println("you have " + n + "butterflies"); how would you do this in python?

[richcash]

I have never used python (... yet), but you are looking for the print command I think. Shouldn't this work :

code:

print "a", 1, "b"

[AznTiger]

Kay thanks. I've tried everything but that lol and yes it does work

[wtd]

Not as nice as it could be:

Python:

print "You have %d butterflies" % 10

[AznTiger]

alright thanks

[AznTiger]

Now how would you do that for floats instead?

[richcash]

I believe it is %f instead of %d.

Here are some others.

[AznTiger]

and (last question, I promise) how would you do it for many different strings in one line?

[syntax_error]

never used python but based on the above example and google

here

Python:

print "this line of text", print "will not stop due to the COMMA"

again try that out not 100% sure

btw no need for that to be the last question

[richcash]

@syntax_error : I don't think that code should work, you just send the all the objects separated by commas to the print method.

AznTiger @ Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:54 pm wrote:

and (last question, I promise) how would you do it for many different strings in one line?

What do you mean by many strings in one line? The concatenation operator in python is +, as it is in java.
If you are talking about having multiple integers or decimals in a string using the % operator, well I know in ruby you send all arguments in an array :

Ruby:

print "You have %d butterflies and %f nets" % [5, 4.5]

So, that might work in python too.

[McKenzie]

syntax_error has the right answer, assuming I understand the question. Obviously his example was not meant to be useful. Still not useful, but a little better is:

code:

for i in range(10):     print "~",

[wtd]

McKenzie @ Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:14 pm wrote:

syntax_error has the right answer, assuming I understand the question. Obviously his example was not meant to be useful. Still not useful, but a little better is:

code:

for i in range(10):     print "~",

Or better yet...

code:

print "~" * 10

[McKenzie]

The point was not how to make a line. It was why you would ever want to continue outputting on the same line. The only point of my program was to say that he is probably generating solutions in a loop and he wants them displayed on one line.

[richcash]

Ah, my fault, I was beginning to think python's print method was equivalent to ruby's.

syntax_error is correct then, you need a comma at the end.

[wtd]

Alright, it seems I'll have to get more creative to satisfy McKenzie.

code:

print "".join("~" for x in range(10)),

I find that imperative loops like the above to print output are often indicative of a missed opportunity to write idiomatic Python code.

Plus, I just enjoy showing people different ways to do things.