Is it possible to use 'print >>' in Python 2 without newline and white spaces?

Question

In the following code:

with open("output", "w") as f:
    print >> f, "foo"
    print >> f, "bar"

The 'output' file will be:

foo
bar

How to avoid newline and white spaces using print >>?

P.S.: I'm actually wanting to know if it is possible to do it using print >>. I know other ways in which I can avoid the '\n', such as f.write("foo") and f.write("bar").

Also, I know about the trailing comma. But that prints foo bar, instead of foobar.

Why, **why** do you want to do it using a deprecated construct? — juanpa.arrivillaga, Jul 17 '18 at 03:40
I just wanted to know, out of curiosity, if it is possible. I like to know different syntaxes. — Enzo Nakamura, Jul 17 '18 at 04:00

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 17 '18 at 03:45

A trailing comma makes the print statement do magic, like printing no newline unless there’s no further output (not documented!):

print >>f, "foo",

but that’s not really helpful if you want a consistent no-newline policy (and because you have a second print, which will print a space). For that, use Python 3’s print function:

from __future__ import print_function

and

print("foo", end="", file=f)

Is it possible to use 'print >>' in Python 2 without newline and white spaces?

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