Python 3.6 - Any input given will give it an extra space after the input

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I'm still only learning the basics of Python, but my code is this:

name = input("Hi, what is your name? ")
print("Hi,", str(name), ". We need to check your funds for all your drinking,", name, ".")

When I run it, I type in 'Bojack' (without the quote marks) but it'll always come back with:

Hi, Bojack . We need to check your funds for all your drinking, Bojack .

How do I resolve this?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12700558/print-without-space-in-python-3 — Stael, Sep 15 '17 at 10:36
@Rawing... please answer more questions... we need you on the dupe hammer team. — cs95, Sep 15 '17 at 10:43

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 15 '17 at 10:37

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You can print strings like this:

print("My name is {name}.".format(name=name))

answered Sep 15 '17 at 10:37

foxyblue

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Or even `print(f'My name is {name}.')`, since it's 3.6 – Bakuutin Sep 15 '17 at 10:38
Sorry im so py2.7, that's super neat - will start doing more of this. – foxyblue Sep 15 '17 at 10:40
Worked great, thank you. – Jabberminor Sep 15 '17 at 10:43

Stael · Answer 2 · 2017-09-15T10:40:39.753

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The problem isn't (as you seem to think) that name is being assigned 'Bojak ' (with a space) - the problem is that when you print() like that python3 separates the arguements by default with a space.

you can override that by passing the sep arguement:

print("Hi,", str(name), ". We need to check your funds for all your drinking,", name, ".", sep="")

edited Sep 15 '17 at 10:40

answered Sep 15 '17 at 10:39

Stael

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Jerrybibo · Answer 3 · 2017-09-15T10:43:49.907

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The reason why this is occurring is that you are joining the strings with a comma (,). A way to avoid this from happening is to use string concatenation:

name = input("Hi, what is your name? ")
print("Hi, " + name + ". We need to check your funds for all your drinking, " + name + ".")

Output:

Hi, Bojack. We need to check your funds for all your drinking, Bojack.

While this solution is not the most efficient and clean, it is easy to understand for Python beginners. For faster solutions, string formatting is better.

Hope this helped!

edited Sep 15 '17 at 10:43

answered Sep 15 '17 at 10:38

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String concatenation is a bad practice: it's less efficient and not as clean as formatting – Bakuutin Sep 15 '17 at 10:42
Using this now, thank you, appreciate it. – Jabberminor Sep 15 '17 at 10:43

Python 3.6 - Any input given will give it an extra space after the input

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