How can I print something, and then call a function with a print on the same line?

Question

In Python I have a function that prints something. I want to print something beforehand on the same line.

So, I use the following code

print 'The hand is', displayHand(hand)

def displayHand(hand):

    for letter in hand.keys():
        for j in range(hand[letter]):
             print letter,              # print all on the same line
    print                               # print an empty line

What happens however is that the print within the function is called by the print outside the function.

How can I print an opening string, and then call my function?

Please provide a sample input and expected output – inspectorG4dget Oct 26 '12 at 21:59 — inspectorG4dget, Oct 26 '12 at 21:59

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 26 '12 at 22:00

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Rename displayHand to renderHand and have it return a string.

answered Oct 26 '12 at 22:00

zmbq

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 26 '12 at 22:08

The answer provided by @zmbq with returning is the obvious and proper one but if you still want your way you can use newer print, assuming you are using python >= 2.6

from __future__ import print_function
print("Something", end="")

With that you can print without \n. So basically you can do then:

print("The hand is", end="")
displayHand(hand)

And in the function:

print("letter", end="")

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 26 '12 at 22:14

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For 2.x:

print 'The hand is', 
displayHand(hand)
print

For 3.x:

print('The hand is', end="")
displayHand(hand)
print()

The better method is to move printing of 'The hand is' into the function itself.

answered Oct 26 '12 at 22:14

Lance Helsten

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How can I print something, and then call a function with a print on the same line?

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