Output alternatives in Python

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Is there any alternatives to the print statement for output in Python.
Also, how can I format my output text to be color-coded?

I'm a beginner programmer, pretty new to it.
Thanks

Colab and Jupiter note books, allow outputting to markdown. You could also output html, and pipe this into a html renderer. — ctrl-alt-delor, Jun 07 '21 at 12:13

score 17 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

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sys.stdout.write()

Is one alternative. You can also write to sys.stderr. Personally, I use sys.stdout when I need to pass a generic "stream" to some function that will write to it. And open file is a stream, and sys.stdout is a stream. This way my function can be parametrized to write either to output or to file.

I also find sys.stdout.write more convenient than print for printing many things to a single line, as I find the ending comma syntax of print for suppressing the newline ugly and inconvenient.

Regarding printing to the terminal in colors, see this other SO discussion.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

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answered Apr 03 '10 at 04:58

Eli Bendersky

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I didn't know about the comma syntax for print. Thank you. I wonder if there is a way to also suppress the space python seems to replace the new line with. – Musixauce3000 Apr 05 '16 at 16:53
@Musixauce3000 Which space is this? – ctrl-alt-delor Jun 07 '21 at 12:12

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 17 '20 at 06:36

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You can use the "display()" function instead of print() - I prefer this and it works well to display dataframes

display(dataframe)

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You can also use Pretty printer : Sample code below

import pprint
stuff = ['spam', 'eggs', 'lumberjack', 'knights', 'ni']
stuff.insert(0, stuff[:])
pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=4)
pp.pprint(stuff)

answered Sep 17 '20 at 06:36

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`NameError: name 'display' is not defined` From where did you import it? – ctrl-alt-delor Jun 07 '21 at 12:10

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 03 '10 at 16:57

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You can use PrettyPrint for print data

answered Apr 03 '10 at 16:57

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