How can I print variable and string on same line in Python?

Question

I am using python to work out how many children would be born in 5 years if a child was born every 7 seconds. The problem is on my last line. How do I get a variable to work

Answer 1

Use , to separate strings and variables while printing:

print("If there was a birth every 7 seconds, there would be: ", births, "births")

, in print function separates the items by a single space:

>>> print("foo", "bar", "spam")
foo bar spam

or better use string formatting:

print("If there was a birth every 7 seconds, there would be: {} births".format(births))

String formatting is much more powerful and allows you to do some other things as well, like padding, fill, alignment, width, set precision, etc.

>>> print("{:d} {:03d} {:>20f}".format(1, 2, 1.1))
1 002             1.100000
  ^^^
  0's padded to 2

Demo:

>>> births = 4
>>> print("If there was a birth every 7 seconds, there would be: ", births, "births")
If there was a birth every 7 seconds, there would be:  4 births

# formatting
>>> print("If there was a birth every 7 seconds, there would be: {} births".format(births))
If there was a birth every 7 seconds, there would be: 4 births