Python how to print a space

Question

I am doing python reasonably well but I'm not sure on how to print a space in my code.

Usually I just type:

print("")

Is there a more efficient way I can do this?

That will print an empty line. What exactly do you mean by space? — OneCricketeer, May 10 '16 at 17:55
With 'space' you mean a new line, rather than - uh - a *space"? — Jongware, May 10 '16 at 17:55
It does its job well, but was wondering if there was something else I could do — FearlessENT, May 10 '16 at 17:57
also (not directly related) check out [pprint](https://docs.python.org/2/library/pprint.html) module for printing data structures nicely. — ml-moron, May 10 '16 at 19:15

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered May 12 '16 at 16:22

If I understood your question well, you want a "space" between the lines, and as some people already answered, \n is the choice.

For example, in the following code I place one \n to continue the text in the second line, and later I use \n\n to go to a new line twice, so I get a blank line separating the text:

>>> print('Hi, I am line number 1!\nI am line number two, nice to meet you!\n\nAnd I am line number 4, why is line number 3 so silent?')

Result:

Hi, I am line number 1!
I am line number two, nice to meet you!

And I am line number 4, why is line number 3 so silent?

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 01 '17 at 15:35

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If you want to accomplish this task, just use "\n".

print("Hello\nHow are you doing?")

Result:

Hello
How are you doing?

edited Nov 01 '17 at 15:35

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answered Nov 01 '17 at 15:23

jkl3699

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The question is about space not the new line. – Neeraj Kumar Nov 01 '17 at 15:37

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered May 10 '16 at 17:56

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Just put a space in between the string argument of print.

print 'a' + ' ' + 'b'

output: "a b"

answered May 10 '16 at 17:56

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why not just print 'a b' ? or print '{0} {1}'.format('a', 'b') - the latter being for variables – Alan Kavanagh May 10 '16 at 18:01
True. I just wanted to show how to concatenate a space between variable. 'a' stands for anything. In this exemple it is a string type variable. – LAL May 11 '16 at 14:00

score -3 · Answer 4 · answered May 10 '16 at 17:56

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If you meant a new line (vertical space) then the following works best.

print("\n")

The \n character can be placed anywhere in a string and will be interpreted as a new line.

answered May 10 '16 at 17:56

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That's actually print two newlines. One is your string, `"\n"`, the other is the newline added by `print` ... – NichtJens Jul 07 '16 at 00:36

Python how to print a space

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