How do i combine these print statements?

Question

word = input("Translate a word: ")
for char in word:
    if char in "BCDFGHJKLMNPQRSTVWXZbcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxz":
        print(char + "o" + char)
    else:
        print(char)

I have this code for a translator to a language where you add an "o" after each consonant followed by that same consonant again. When i run it and type in for example "stair" it would print out:

sos
tot
a
i
ror

If someone has an idea on how to print this out on the same line without spacing i would be very grateful!

see: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/493386/how-to-print-without-newline-or-space — user2554863, Oct 26 '18 at 14:35
Possible duplicate of [How to print without newline or space?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/493386/how-to-print-without-newline-or-space) — khelwood, Oct 26 '18 at 14:35
Looks like a children's play language I once read about in an Astrid Lindren book :) — Alfe, Oct 26 '18 at 14:40
While the question you asked is already answered as duplicate, I think you really need to define a translate function. Then, assuming it's Lindren, your print statement would be: print(translate_to_rovarspraket(word)) — Kenny Ostrom, Oct 26 '18 at 14:49

Tony Pellerin · Answer 1 · 2018-10-26T14:47:33.100

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Don't print each time but append the result to a string and print the final string:

word = input("Translate a word: ")
result = ''
for char in word:
    if char not in "aeiouyAEIOUY":
        result+=char + "o" + char
    else:
        result+=char
print(result)

edited Oct 26 '18 at 14:47

answered Oct 26 '18 at 14:36

Tony Pellerin

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I like this solution than others but as pointed out by @KennyOstrom there is nothing wrong with your approach it is just adhering to the best practices and keep the related logic encapsulating in a single function. It makes no sense to submit a new answer just with the same logic and an extra function defined. – mad_ Oct 26 '18 at 14:57
I suggested an improvement to this answer. I could propose an edit, but instead I deleted my comment and commented directly to OP. – Kenny Ostrom Oct 26 '18 at 15:03

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 26 '18 at 14:36

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One option is to use list comprehension to create a list with your values:

[char+'o'+char if char in "BCDFGHJKLMNPQRSTVWXZbcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxz" else char for char in word]

and then if you need to smash them together into a string you just use a join()

''.join([char+'o'+char if char in "BCDFGHJKLMNPQRSTVWXZbcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxz" else char for char in word])

answered Oct 26 '18 at 14:36

dfundako

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while it works, your answer is way more complicated than it has to be, the OP could just print without a newline at the end. – Azrael Oct 26 '18 at 14:37
Why promoting list comprehension when the answer does not necessarily need it? Seriously for printing in new line you have to create a new list?? – mad_ Oct 26 '18 at 14:45

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 26 '18 at 14:44

Add records to a list and use print function with * to print records in the same line.

word = input("Translate a word: ")
data = []  #create a empty list
for char in word:
    if char in "BCDFGHJKLMNPQRSTVWXZbcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxz":
        data.append(char + "o" + char)  #add elements to list
    else:
        data.append(char)  #add elements to list

print(*data, sep='')  #print list elements in single line without spaces

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 26 '18 at 15:02

If you want to use the print statement as you are currently doing, just try below option of print statement which defines the ending of the print statement.

word = input("Translate a word: ")
for char in word:
    if char in "BCDFGHJKLMNPQRSTVWXZbcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxz":
        print(char + "o" + char,end="")
    else:
       print(char,end="")

The output of the above code on input "stair" will be "sostotairor". Hope it helps!

score -1 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 26 '18 at 14:40

You can double the consonants in a list first and join the characters with o:

word = input("Translate a word: ")
for char in word.lower():
    print('o'.join([char] * ((char not in 'aeiou') + 1)))

Sample input/output:

Translate a word: stair
sos
tot
a
i
ror

How do i combine these print statements?

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