Im trying to print a series of strings on the same line

Question

I'm trying to print three strings next to each other like so:

       StringA   StringB   StringC

However, whenever I run my code no matter what I've tried it always prints them on different lines. How do I fix this? My code is as follows:

def DisplayCard(row, column, array):
   x=0
   t=""
   while x < column:
      s = array[x]
      t = ''.join(s)
      x=x+1
      print(t),

Where array is the data passed into the function in the form of a list. Also forgot to mention im running 2.7

Can you please explain with input values for all `row`/`column`/`array` and the expected output for that? — Anand S Kumar, Jul 14 '15 at 14:02
I'm assuming [python 3](https://docs.python.org/3.5/library/functions.html#print)? — NightShadeQueen, Jul 14 '15 at 14:02
This might be what you are looking for: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5598181/python-print-on-same-line — Avery B, Jul 14 '15 at 14:03
@NightShadeQueen Nope. That print statement implies python2. — Bhargav Rao, Jul 14 '15 at 14:06
Im trying to print strings in a grid format so that's what the row and column parameters are for. — Benschilibowl, Jul 14 '15 at 14:06
Im running 2.7, none of these suggestions have been successful so far — Benschilibowl, Jul 14 '15 at 14:07
`from __future__ import print_function` ?https://docs.python.org/2/library/__future__.html — NightShadeQueen, Jul 14 '15 at 14:09
@Benschilibowl: Are you sure that the input doesn't contain newlines? — Aaron Digulla, Jul 14 '15 at 14:12
So you want to print the first n*m things from array, arranged in rows and columns? — NightShadeQueen, Jul 14 '15 at 14:13
@AaronDigulla It's quite possible since I'm reading them from a text file. How would i remove the new lines from the input? — Benschilibowl, Jul 14 '15 at 14:19

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:14

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You habe 3 possibilities:

create a big string which you print at the end
print(text, end=""), see https://stackoverflow.com/a/2456292/562769
use the system module: sys.out.write, see How to print without newline or space?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:14

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answered Jul 14 '15 at 14:07

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rassa45 · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-14T14:25:26.133

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Try using print(thing, end = ''). That should work fine

def DisplayCard(row, column, array):
   x=0
   t=""
   while x < column:
      s = array[x]
      t = ''.join(s).replace("\n", "")
      x=x+1
      print(t, end = ''),

Either that or append them to one string

def DisplayCard(row, column, array):
   x=0
   t=""
   while x < column:
      s = array[x]
      t += ''.join(s).replace("\n", "")
      x=x+1
   print(t)

edited Jul 14 '15 at 14:25

answered Jul 14 '15 at 14:03

rassa45

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The extra comma is python2 syntax to print on the same line. – Bhargav Rao Jul 14 '15 at 14:07
I tried this but it still prints on different lines – Benschilibowl Jul 14 '15 at 14:12
Thanks @Bhargav Rao , I'm used to Python 3 lol. Try using the second code Benschilibowl – rassa45 Jul 14 '15 at 14:26
Welcome, you probably had `\n` in your array as multiple others have said – rassa45 Jul 14 '15 at 14:32
@ytpillai Nope. The OP is using Python2.7. The `print` he is using has a trailing comma. Apart from that the OP has clarified on the point. (And please do check the spelling of my name before posting) – Bhargav Rao Jul 14 '15 at 14:33
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My apologies for both, I realized now and deleted that comment. I made a typo spelling your name @BhargavRao – rassa45 Jul 14 '15 at 14:34

Aaron Digulla · Answer 3 · 2015-07-14T14:21:36.540

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print(t), should work unless t contains a newline. Use print repr(t), to find out. If you now see \n, then the array contains newline characters which you need to remove first.

If the newlines are at the end of the string, you can remove them with t.strip(). If they are in the middle, use t.replace('\n', '')

edited Jul 14 '15 at 14:21

answered Jul 14 '15 at 14:13

Aaron Digulla

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Probably just safe to use `.replace()` – rassa45 Jul 15 '15 at 17:36

Im trying to print a series of strings on the same line

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