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Python Create a Mad Lib

Liam White
Liam White
1,969 Points
Posted by Liam White
Liam White
1,969 Points

Print Statement

Why all the separate print statements? Can the f-string be executed under one print statement? Thank you!

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
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Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,426 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,426 Points

Hey Liam White, As long as you mind the newlines and add spaces where needed, the print statements can certainly be strung together within a single print statement. One advantage provided by separate print statements is the automatic newline ⏎ character. If strung together, newline characters (\n) would need to be inserted.

# orginial
print(f"I have a(n) {adjective1} idea for a program!")
print(f"It will watch {plural_noun2} and count how many times they {verb3}.")
print(f"I don't think it will {verb4} the world or anything, but I'm {adjective5} about it!")

# merged
print(f"I have a(n) {adjective1} idea for a program!\n"
      f"It will watch {plural_noun2} and count how many times they {verb3}.\n"
      f"I don't think it will {verb4} the world or anything, but I'm {adjective5} about it!")

# continuous with commas
print(f"I have a(n) {adjective1} idea for a program!",
      f"It will watch {plural_noun2} and count how many times they {verb3}", 
      f"I don't think it will {verb4} the world or anything, but I'm {adjective5} about it!")

# continuous rewrapped, no commas
print(f"I have a(n) {adjective1} idea for a program! It will watch "
      f"{plural_noun2} and count how many times they {verb3}. I don't think it "
      f"will {verb4} the world or anything, but I'm {adjective5} about it!")

print statements will automatically concatenate strings if listed without using commas. If a comma is used then a space is added between items. I often used the "continuous rewrapped without commas version for lines too long for the line length limit.

Liam White
Liam White
1,969 Points
Liam White
Liam White
1,969 Points

Thank you for clearing this up for me