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Mysterious Extra New-Line - trevorkavanaugh - Feb-27-2019

Hey,

So I am doing exercises out of a Python book I am reading and for some reason this code is printing two new-lines between "- turkey" and "- bacon" and I was hoping someone could explain to me why this is:

def order_sandwich(*items):
    for item in items:
        print("- " + item)

order_sandwich('turkey')

print("\n")

order_sandwich('bacon', 'lettuce', 'tomato')
When I write it like this, I only get one new-line, which is what I was expecting from the first snippet:

def order_sandwich(*items):
    for item in items:
        print("- " + item)

order_sandwich('turkey\n')

order_sandwich('bacon', 'lettuce', 'tomato')
What am I missing? Huh

RE: Mysterious Extra New-Line - gontajones - Feb-27-2019

The builtin print function adds a new line by default:
>>> print("\n")


>>> print()

>>> print("\n", end="") # Override the auto "\n" with an empty string ("")

>>>


RE: Mysterious Extra New-Line - trevorkavanaugh - Feb-27-2019

(Feb-27-2019, 10:43 AM)gontajones Wrote: The builtin print function adds a new line by default:

This totally just hit me while I was sitting in a bagel shop eating Doh

Thanks for your response! The ‘end’ parameter for print() will be useful.