[Tutor] Can't figure out why this is printing twice

[Christian Witts]

Mike Hoy wrote:
> I have the following code:
>
> import gzip
> import datetime
> date = datetime.date.today()
> name = date.strftime('%m-%d-%Y')+'.gz'
> date.strftime('%m-%d-%Y')+'.gz'
> print "The name of the file will be", name
>
> the output is:
> The name of the file will be
> The name of the file will be 06-08-2009.gz
>
>
> I can't figure out why 'The name of the file will be' is printing 
> twice. Any help appreciated.
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Running from a console the expected output would actually be

06-08-2009.gz
The name of the file will be 06-08-2009.gz

Other than that side effect it works with only 1 print.

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