Removing Spaces in Python Print Statements

In Python, printing multiple items often results in unintended spaces. This can be addressed using the sep parameter to eliminate these spaces. For instance, consider this:

print("a", "b", "c")

This output will include spaces:

a b c

To eliminate them:

print("a", "b", "c", sep="")

This will produce:

abc

In addition to the sep parameter, Python offers several options for controlling print output. When attempting to concatenate a string with a non-string value, such as an integer, it's essential to first convert the value to a string.

To print values without spaces, including strings and non-strings, consider the following:

print("a = ", a, ", b = ", b, sep="")  # Python 2.x and 3.x
print("a = "   str(a)   ", b = "   str(b))  # Python 2.x and 3.x
print("a = {}, b = {}".format(a, b))  # Python 3.6 
print(f"a = {a}, b = {b}")  # Python 3.6 

For situations where using f-strings (the latest option) might not be feasible (e.g., Python versions before 3.6), the following trick can be employed:

print("a = {a}, b = {b}".format(**locals()))