For loop, if and else, dont want to create whitespace between the prints

Question

I'm writing a script like the following:

In the input for text, I'll write a word, and if the letter in that word is abcde it will just print the letter, else its going to print the letter + oand then the letter again.

For the result right now, I get (for example the text = allan), "a lil lil a nin".

I want the result to be: "alillilanin".

How do I remove the whitespace?

def sprak(text):
    bok = "abcde"
    for letter in text:   
        if letter in bok == bok:
            print letter,
        elif letter != bok:
            print letter+"u"+letter,


text = raw_input("what word ")
sprak(text)

What does `if letter in bok == bok:` mean to you? I'm not convinced it would mean the same to Python. — johnsyweb, Nov 26 '13 at 13:07
Please edit your question: the example you give does not match your code. — Jan Doggen, Nov 26 '13 at 13:09
ye nevermind dont know what i did there, removed the last "== bok" part, so its now if letter in bok: — user3036505, Nov 26 '13 at 13:11
@user3036505 Instead of editing your post to note the problem is solved, could you [mark the answer that helped you (if one did) as accepted](http://stackoverflow.com/help/accepted-answer)? — thegrinner, Nov 26 '13 at 14:15

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 26 '13 at 13:05

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Just do not use print, try this:

def sprak(text):
    bok = "abcde"
    for letter in text:   
        if letter in bok == bok:
            sys.stdout.write(letter)
        elif letter != bok:
            sys.stdout.write(letter + "u" + letter)

answered Nov 26 '13 at 13:05

Adriano Repetti

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not sure if i follow you, does that print the text? anyway i get NameError: global name 'sys' is not defined – user3036505 Nov 26 '13 at 13:08
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@user3036505 You need to `import sys` to use `sys` calls. – thegrinner Nov 26 '13 at 13:10
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thank you mister, working great now – user3036505 Nov 26 '13 at 13:17

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 26 '13 at 13:12

You would need Python v3 print function for that. You would need to import that function first by

from __future__ import print_function

Now, to suppress the whitespace separator between items.

print(letter + 'u' + letter, sep='')

& to also suppress the endline terminator do

print(letter, sep='', end='')

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 26 '13 at 13:22

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Construct a string and print once:

output_str = ''
for letter in text:   
    if letter in bok == bok:
        output_str += letter,
    elif letter != bok:
        output_str += letter+"u"+letter
print output_str

answered Nov 26 '13 at 13:22

jpwagner

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For loop, if and else, dont want to create whitespace between the prints

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