Concatenating strings in python without spaces

Question

How can I print my strings so that there are no spaces between each output.

name_input = str(input("Please enter your name"))
name_input = name_input.strip()
name_input = name_input.lower()
first_letter = name_input[0]
first_space = name_input.find(" ")
last_name = name_input[first_space:]
last_name_3 = last_name[0:4]
random_number = random.randrange(0,999)
print("*********************************************")
print("Username Generator")
print("*********************************************")
print(first_letter + last_name_3, random_number)`

Incorrect output: b fir 723

what I require: bfir723

[Print without space in python 3](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12700558/print-without-space-in-python-3) — GingerPlusPlus, Mar 14 '16 at 08:41

coding_carebear · Answer 1 · 2016-03-14T08:32:01.660

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use the separator parameter to the print function, to remove the space by passing in an argument with no space.

Like this:

print(first_letter, last_name_3, random_number, sep='')

The default separator is a space. Specification is here:

https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#print

edited Mar 14 '16 at 08:32

answered Mar 14 '16 at 08:19

coding_carebear

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Sameer Mirji · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-14T08:21:20.350

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You need to use strip() function for this:

print(first_letter.strip() + last_name_3.strip() + str(random_number).strip())

edited Mar 14 '16 at 08:21

answered Mar 14 '16 at 08:16

Sameer Mirji

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That did remove the space between the strings however the strip function did not remove the spaces between the numbers. Current output bfir 723 – Bayyls Mar 14 '16 at 08:19
@BaileyFY: I've edited my answer to trim numbers as well. – Sameer Mirji Mar 14 '16 at 08:21
That doesn't seem to fix the problem – Bayyls Mar 14 '16 at 08:25
print(first_letter.strip() + last_name_3.strip(), (random_number).strip()) AttributeError: 'int' object has no attribute 'strip' Error message – Bayyls Mar 14 '16 at 08:26
You've missed out `str` in `str(random_number).strip()` part. – Sameer Mirji Mar 14 '16 at 08:27

score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 14 '16 at 13:56

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You don't need strip() and sep=''

You only need one or the other, but sep='' is cleaner and more beautiful

edited Mar 14 '16 at 13:56

Andy

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answered Mar 14 '16 at 08:39

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 14 '16 at 08:22

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You could also just do

print(first_letter + last_name + str(random_number))

answered Mar 14 '16 at 08:22

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 14 '16 at 08:30

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It turns out a combination of .strip() and ,sep='' was required to print correctly:

print(first_letter.strip() + last_name_3.strip(), random_number, sep="")

answered Mar 14 '16 at 08:30

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