What's ending comma in print function for?
In python 2.7, the comma is to show that the string will be printed on the same line
For example:
for i in xrange(10):
print i,
This will print
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
To do this in python 3 you would do this:
for i in xrange(10):
print(i,end=" ")
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The documentation, http://docs.python.org/2/reference/simple_stmts.html#the-print-statement, says
A '\n' character is written at the end, unless the print statement ends with a comma.
It prevents the print
from ending with a newline, allowing you to append a new print
to the end of the line.
Python 3 changes this completely and the trailing comma is no longer accepted. You use the end
parameter to change the line ending, setting it to a blank string to get the same effect.
From Python trailing comma after print executes next instruction:
- In Python 2.x, a trailing
,
in a print statement prevents a new line to be emitted. - The standard output is line-buffered. So the "Hi" won't be printed before a new line is emitted.