Unintended Space In New Line [Solved]

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Hello,

I have a question regarding the added one character indentation when using the newline character. Why does the newline start from the position of the 2nd character versus the first?

unwanted_space

How can this be mitigated?

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Use print('\n', 5, sep=''). The default is using print('\n', 5, sep=' ').

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This is from the default sep=' ' in print.

Try print('\n', 5, sep='')

edit: dang, too slow! :slightly_smiling_face:

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Thank you both guys. I appreciate it. :call_me_hand:

Wonder why this is not the default.

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I suppose more often people would like to see the elements of tuples separated a bit

>>> print(2,3,5,7)
2 3 5 7

instead of all clumped together

>>> print(2,3,5,7, sep='')
2357
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Well, this appears to affect the spacing between results. The newline starting position appears to be independent of this. You can keep the spaces, just start from the same starting point.

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If you want to print one result per line, use sep='\n' and don’t add the newlines yourself.

>>> print(1, 2, 3, 4, sep="\n")
1
2
3
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I’m not sure what you mean by “The newline starting position appears to be independent”. You’re printing a literal newline, then a sep (space by default), then the next item. It’s giving you exactly what you asked for.

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Thank you. I will just make a note to specifically add and edit the sep operator in my print statements.

Much obliged. :handshake:

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Even better, use one print per output line, and use f-strings for tight control of formatting:

print()  # blank line
print(f"{value1}, {value2:.2f}")

Obviously this is a subjective thing, but I personally find this approach the cleanest.

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Yes, this is an alternate approach. I would like to avoid additional print statements, however. My intentions are to have multiple outputs, each starting on a new line, and starting from the first position.

Thank you for providing a potential approach.

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Another way of doing it is print(f"\n5")