Python 3 Print Function Without Newline

Python’s print function automatically adds a newline to the output. When you’re printing a single line, the newline isn’t noticed.

>>> print("A line of text.")
A line of text.
>>>

However, if you are reading lines from a text file, the newline is more noticeable. Here is a simple text file.

This is line 1.
This is line 2.
This is line 3.

Here is a simple Python script to read the text file and print each line.

file = open("list.txt", "r")
 
for line in file:
	print(line)
The output looks like this, with the unwanted newlines in between each line.

This is line 1.

This is line 2.

This is line 3.

To avoid the unwanted newlines, add an end parameter to the print function.

file = open("list.txt", "r")

for line in file:
	print(line, end="")

Now the output is cleaner, without the unwanted newlines.

Pauls-MacBook-Pro:Scripts paulcunningham$ python3.6 printlist.py 
This is line 1.
This is line 2.
This is line 3.