Mysterious Extra New-Line

[trevorkavanaugh]

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?

[gontajones]

The builtin print function adds a new line by default:

>>> print("\n")


>>> print()

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

>>> 

[trevorkavanaugh]

The builtin print function adds a new line by default:

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

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