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I know that I can display a single string in the terminal window like print("example") (or similarly with a string in a variable), and I know how to open text files and write to them. I also know ...
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Karl Knechtel
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2023-08-06T05:37:30Z (9 months ago)
How can I output / display multiple values, with controlled spacing, without building a string?
I know that I can display a single string in the terminal window like `print("example")` (or similarly with a string in a variable), and I know how to open text files and write to them.
I also know that I can create a "formatted" string, that contains multiple pieces of information, [in a variety of ways](https://software.codidact.com/posts/289251). So if I want to output multiple things, obviously there's the option of creating that string and outputting it.
But sometimes for more complex code, it seems impractical to build a string ahead of time. I experimented a little, and found that:
* if I just call `print` multiple times, each value appears on a separate line.
* if I use the `write` method of an open file multiple times, the values appear consecutively, without any space in between.
A lot of the time, neither of these is what I want. For example, I might want to separate each new item with a space as they're output. More generally, I'd like to be able to control the formatting.
What options do I have for doing this? Are there any "gotchas" I should be aware of?