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477 Pointsneed 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
231,271 PointsInstead 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.
Gina Colonna
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 4,206 PointsYes, I'm sorry, I was confused with JavaScript.
Gina Colonna
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 4,206 PointsYou can use Template Literals too :)
(Hello, ${name}!
);
Steven Parker
231,271 PointsHmm ... are you perhaps thinking of JavaScript?
Python actually has something similar, called an "f-string". It would look like this:
print(f"Hello, {name}!")