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Python Python Basics Functions and Looping Functions

Bryan Bee
Bryan Bee
477 Points

need help with function

def greeting(name): print("Hello, ",name, "!") return This results in "Hello, name !" instead of "Hello, name!". How do I get rid of that space?

3 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

Instead of printing as separate arguments (which causes a space to be added), you can use concatenation or formatting to join the parts together into a single string and have complete control over what it contains.

Yes, I'm sorry, I was confused with JavaScript.

You can use Template Literals too :)

(Hello, ${name}!);

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

Hmm ... are you perhaps thinking of JavaScript? :see_no_evil:
Python actually has something similar, called an "f-string". It would look like this:

print(f"Hello, {name}!")