Hi,
when I write print 'abc', 'def', print 'ghi'
I get the output 'abc def ghi\n'.
Is there a way to manipulate the print
statment that I get for example:
'abc, def, ghi\n'
I mean: can I substitute the ' ' separator produced from
the comma operator by a e.g. ', ' or something else?
Thanks in advance.
Bertram
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Bertram Scharpf
Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany 4 14282
Bertram Scharpf wrote: when I write
>>> print 'abc', 'def', >>> print 'ghi' I get the output 'abc def ghi\n'.
Is there a way to manipulate the print statment that I get for example:
The general rule with "print" is that it works like it does, and
if you don't like the way it works, you need to switch to something
else.
'abc, def, ghi\n'
I mean: can I substitute the ' ' separator produced from the comma operator by a e.g. ', ' or something else?
If you require that the output be generated by separate statements
or subroutine calls, then you will have to do something fairly
complicated: create an object which acts like a file object, and
which can collect blobs of data as you output them, but hold
them in memory, writing them all out together after you send
it the terminating sequence (\n in this case).
A simpler option is just to collect up the bits of output that
you need in a list, then use the string join() method to generate
the output:
outList = []
outList.extend(['abc', 'def'])
outList.append('ghi')
print ', '.join(outList)
I've included both the .extend() and .append() approaches, to
most closely emulate your above example. You don't need to
use .extend() if you don't want, and the code might be simpler
if you don't.
-Peter
Bertram Scharpf wrote: Hi,
when I write
>>> print 'abc', 'def', >>> print 'ghi'
I get the output 'abc def ghi\n'.
Is there a way to manipulate the print statment that I get for example:
'abc, def, ghi\n'
I mean: can I substitute the ' ' separator produced from the comma operator by a e.g. ', ' or something else?
print '%s, %s, %s' % ('abc', 'def', 'ghi')
or better still
print ', '.join(('abc', 'def', 'ghi'))
If you want super-fine control then don't use print, use sys.stdout.write().
Cheers, Matt
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Matt Goodall, Pollenation Internet Ltd
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e: ma**@pollenation.net
Hi Peter,
thank you for your detailed answer.
Peter Hansen schrieb im Artikel <3F***************@engcorp.com>: The general rule with "print" is that it works like it does, and if you don't like the way it works, you need to switch to something else.
Anyway. I mean ' ' when I say ' '.
If you require that the output be generated by separate statements or subroutine calls, then you will have to do something fairly complicated: create an object which acts like a file object, and which can collect blobs of data as you output them, but hold them in memory, writing them all out together after you send it the terminating sequence (\n in this case).
A nice idea; maybe I will have a closer look at it.
A simpler option is just to collect up the bits of output that you need in a list, then use the string join() method to generate the output:
outList = [] outList.extend(['abc', 'def']) outList.append('ghi') print ', '.join(outList)
I think this list approach is what I really meant.
Thanks, also to Matt,
Bertram
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Bertram Scharpf
Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany
Bertram Scharpf wrote: when I write
>>> print 'abc', 'def', >>> print 'ghi'
I get the output 'abc def ghi\n'.
Is there a way to manipulate the print statment that I get for example:
'abc, def, ghi\n'
I mean: can I substitute the ' ' separator produced from the comma operator by a e.g. ', ' or something else?
Unfortunately, the delimiter for print is currently hardcoded.
Here's some hackish code that will do what you want (most of the time).
<code>
import sys
class DelimStream(object):
def __init__(self, stream, delim):
self.stream = stream
self.delim = delim
self._softspace = False
def _set_softspace(self, b):
if b:
self._softspace = True
def _get_softspace(self):
return False
softspace = property(_get_softspace, _set_softspace)
def write(self, s):
if self._softspace:
if s != "\n":
self.stream.write(self.delim)
self._softspace = False
self.stream.write(s)
d = DelimStream(sys.stdout, ", ")
#works most of the time
print >> d, "foolish", "consistency", "hobgoblin", "little", "minds"
print >> d, "seen", "hell", "himmel", "weich"
#but not always:
print "A", "B", "\n", "C"
print >> d, "A", "B", "\n", "C" #note the missing delim before the C :-)
if 1: #not recommended
sys.stdout = DelimStream(sys.stdout, ", ")
print "foolish", "consistency", "hobgoblin", "little", "minds"
</code>
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