What is the comma doing here?

Question

Hi I have a simple code:

for i in range(0, 10):
    print '\b*'

outputs:

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

* 

*

however when I add a comma at the end like so:

for i in range(0, 10):
    print '\b*' ,

Output is:

**********

What exactly is the comma doing here with respect to \b??

`print x` means output `x` and then a new-line. `print x,` means output `x` and then a space. — khelwood, Oct 17 '17 at 14:09
Have you tried [reading the documentation](https://docs.python.org/2.7/)? The [section about the `print` statement](https://docs.python.org/2.7/reference/simple_stmts.html#the-print-statement) might be useful. — Some programmer dude, Oct 17 '17 at 14:09

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 17 '17 at 14:11

1

Follow the docs here

A '\n' character is written at the end, unless the print statement ends with a comma.

edited Oct 17 '17 at 14:11

khelwood

answered Oct 17 '17 at 14:09

MohitC

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