From: Brian Wisti <brian@...>
Date: 2002-11-26T15:04:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Difference between puts and print

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At 02:54 PM 11/26/2002 +0900, you wrote:
> > Method Names  | How they work
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > #print                        | using the #to_s on each item within
> >                               | the presented 'string', and appends a
> >                               | 'space' character after the concatonated
> >                               | strings (and the space can get redirected
> >                               | to another character) - irb seemed to not
> >                               | put spaces, but I havent tested it with
> >                               | the actual ruby interpreter...
>
>I did test it with the interpreter.  print does *not* put spaces by
>default.  This is the behaviour I would expect.

I only expect the "space-adding" behavior in Python.  Most other languages 
that I've used won't insert spaces where you don't ask for them with a 
"print".  Then again, I haven't used that many languages, so maybe I don't 
know what the expected behavior should be :-)

-Brian W


Brian Wisti
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At 02:54 PM 11/26/2002 +0900, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>&gt; Method
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using the #to_s on each item within<br>
&gt;
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the presented 'string', and appends a<br>
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'space' character after the concatonated<br>
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strings (and the space can get redirected<br>
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to another character) - irb seemed to not<br>
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put spaces, but I havent tested it with<br>
&gt;
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the actual ruby interpreter...<br><br>
I did test it with the interpreter.&nbsp; print does *not* put spaces
by<br>
default.&nbsp; This is the behaviour I would expect.<br>
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I only expect the &quot;space-adding&quot; behavior in Python.&nbsp; Most
other languages that I've used won't insert spaces where you don't ask
for them with a &quot;print&quot;.&nbsp; Then again, I haven't used that
many languages, so maybe I don't know what the expected behavior should
be :-)<br><br>
-Brian W<br><br>
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