whitespace in print statement - python v3.4

Question

I want to print"After tax, your total is: $8.74999125." no whitespace after $ sign.

how could I do this in this statement?

print("After tax, your total is: $",total_price).

The output of this statement adds whitespace after $.

total price is type float.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 25 '16 at 21:50

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print("After tax, your total is: ${}".format(total_price))

answered Oct 25 '16 at 21:50

flazzarini

Uriel · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-25T21:55:56.600

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Convert total_price to string, then use string concatenations:

print("After tax, your total is: $" + str(total_price))

print("After tax, your total is: ${}".format(total_price))

edited Oct 25 '16 at 21:55

answered Oct 25 '16 at 21:50

Uriel

Great! Thank you. I am wondering why the leading space is added at the output if string concatenation is not used. – aguy01 Oct 25 '16 at 22:13
The print function convert each separate argument to string and joins them by spaces. When using concatenation you pass only one argument that you design. – Uriel Oct 25 '16 at 22:32
The space, which separates print arguments, can be changed using sep keyword parameter (see my answer below). – Andrew Oct 25 '16 at 22:43

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 25 '16 at 22:42

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Third variant: it is also possible to change separator symbol (to empty string in current case):

print("After tax, your total is: $",total_price, sep='').

answered Oct 25 '16 at 22:42

Andrew

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