[Tutor] Just wondering

[Marcel Preda]

On Thu, 19 Oct 2000 Pollock974@aol.com wrote:

> Hello,
>     I am a complete newbie at Python and i have a couple of questions. First 
> of all i  bought a book called "Teach Yourself Python in 24 Hours" by Ivan 
> Van Laningham. I was just wondering if anybody's read it and if its worth 
> reading. Second, this is a program for printing the ascii table.
> 
> 1.    #!/usr/local/bin/python
> 2.
> 3.    i = 0
> 4.    while i < 256:
> 5.          print chr(i),
> 6.          if i != 0 and i % 8 == 0:
> 7.              print
> 8.          i = i +1
> 
>     Now i have 2 questions. First of all i may be wrong but isn't the 1st 
> line a location on a Unix platform? Im running Windoze 98 and was wondering 
> if i needed that line of code. Second, when i look at the code it seems that 
> the 6th and 7th line aren't needed, but when i run it without it, it prints 1 
> character on each line. I was wondering how that tells python to print more 
> than 1 character on a line. Now this isnt a life or death situation, it's 
> just been on my mind. I looked in the book but i couldnt find anything. Any 
> help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
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#1
YES(is a Unix platform)
you dont need it, but it will not do semething wrong 

#2
looks like after every   8 characters the script insert a newLine,
so if you don't need...

Abot MORE THAN ONE (#3)

By default `print' add a `\n'
You have tu use `,' if want to skip `\n' 
>>> for i in range(0,1): 
...     print 'a'
...     print 'b'
... 
a
b
>>> for i in range(0,1):
...     print 'a',
...     print 'b'
... 
a b


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