Re: Best first programming language

The Python print function automatically appends a newline at the end
of the string you tell it to print (this can be overridden).
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On May 19, 2009, at 7:29 AM, Jerry Davis wrote:

> BTW, can someone tell me why this happens?
>
> $ perl -e 'print "hello world\n"'
> hello world
>
> $ python -c 'print "hello world"'
> hello world
>
> notice that I DID NOT have to put the \n at then end of the python
> print
> statement? is it something to do with the -c (i.e. smart enough to
> know it is a
> cmd line script, and automatically puts a \n at the end?) or
> something?
>
> notice what happens when you leave the \n off of the perl script,
> and add a \n
> to the python script.
>
> just curious.
>
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