How to stop printing a space in python2 print with a comma

Question

I am trying this for loop that prints some output. I am using python 2.7.5

And after every output, there is an extra space printing when I use the , after print() method. How can I stop this?

def printHeader(self, header1, header2):
        # for header1
        first = "|   |      "+constants.ICON_BOX
        header1_count = len(header1)

        available_space_for_first_part = 53 - (len(first) + header1_count)
        print(available_space_for_first_part)

        for i in range(available_space_for_first_part):

            print("."),

The output for this will look like:

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

There are additional spaces, how can I get rid of them?

Output I want:

..............................

This doesn't work in `python 2.7.5` that is why I specifically mentioned the python version — Jananath Banuka, Dec 29 '19 at 16:42
The top answer to the linked question describes a way to do this that works in Python pre-2.6 (using `sys.stdout`). — khelwood, Dec 29 '19 at 16:46
If I had to guess, the downvotes are because this is a very easy question to search for. If you put your exact title that you've written into Google, many existing answers come up. — Carcigenicate, Dec 29 '19 at 16:56

man zet · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-29T16:45:12.917

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you could do

s = ""
for i in range(available_space_for_first_part):
  s += "."
print s

edited Dec 29 '19 at 16:45

answered Dec 29 '19 at 16:42

man zet

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OP is using python 2.7, `print` is a statement and not a function in 2.7 – Iain Shelvington Dec 29 '19 at 16:42
Yes, please provide a solution for python version 2.7.5 – Jananath Banuka Dec 29 '19 at 16:45
i've corrected my code. now it works – man zet Dec 29 '19 at 16:45
@IainShelvington `print("abc")` is valid in Python 2.7 - only the `end=""` keyword parameter isn't. – Thierry Lathuille Dec 29 '19 at 16:46
thank you this approach is better – Jananath Banuka Dec 29 '19 at 16:47
@ThierryLathuille oh yeah you're rigth both ``print s`` print s and ``print(s)`` is possible in 2.7 – man zet Dec 29 '19 at 16:48
Although the latter will also print `()` in the output. – Carcigenicate Dec 29 '19 at 16:55
@Carcigenicate I can't see how that would happen in 2.7 - Was it so with older versions where `print(1, 2)` would have been interpreted as 'print the tuple'? I don't have anything around to test it... – Thierry Lathuille Dec 29 '19 at 17:02
@ThierryLathuilleIn In 2.7, `print (1, 2)` prints `(1, 2)`. The `()` cause it to be interpreted as a tuple, and is printed literally just like how `print [1, 2]` prints `[1, 2]`. – Carcigenicate Dec 29 '19 at 17:03
@Carcigenicate actually i thought you where right but i've tested it with python 2.7.3 and it doesn't print the brackets. weird ... – man zet Dec 29 '19 at 17:13
@manzet I just tested it. Are you sure you're not on 3? Unless `.3` "fixes" this. I'm not sure what sub-version I'm on. – Carcigenicate Dec 29 '19 at 17:14
I'm on `2.7.17`. I'll check the release notes for `.3`. – Carcigenicate Dec 29 '19 at 17:18

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