How to print a string value of a dicionary without the quotes?

Question

In [4]: {'a': "hello"}['a']
Out[4]: 'hello'

I want the output to instead be:

Out[4]: hello

What's the most elegant way to achieve this?

I am also using repr().rjust() later on to print a list of dictionaries into a neatly formatted table, and I notice the repr function also adds quotes which is annoying:

def print_dictionary(d): print repr(d['a']).rjust(10)
print_dictionary({'a':'hello'})

yields:

   'hello'

when I want:

     hello

`print({'a': "hello"}['a'])`, why are you using repr if you don't want quotes? — Padraic Cunningham, Oct 18 '14 at 22:38
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7784148/understanding-repr-function-in-python — Padraic Cunningham, Oct 18 '14 at 22:51

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 18 '14 at 22:44

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Just drop the repr:

def print_dictionary(d): print (d['a']).rjust(10)

answered Oct 18 '14 at 22:44

Mureinik

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Thanks! I don't know why I was using repr. I just copied it from an example that had it but now I realize it is unnecessary. – cas5nq Oct 18 '14 at 23:05

How to print a string value of a dicionary without the quotes?

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