How to fix simple quotation error?

Question

I am working on simple code to print variables from a for loop and I am stuck on the 4th line of the code. I get an invalid syntax error. Any help would be appreciated. My desired output is

print('-----------------------------------------')
print(output1)
print('-----------------------------------------')
print(output4)
print('-----------------------------------------')
print(output2)
print('-----------------------------------------')
print(output3)
print('-----------------------------------------')
print(output5)
print('-----------------------------------------')

-code below

printt=[1,4,2,3,5]
for numm in printt:
    print('-----------------------------------------')
    print(output'%d',%(numm))

What is `output'%d'` supposed to do exactly? format the output or append two strings? — Sayse, Aug 08 '18 at 13:26
your `output` is not defined, is it a variable or is it just some string you want to print. if it is string then it should be inside quotation marks. — jkhadka, Aug 08 '18 at 13:27
output is a variable. i would like to join the output variable with the numbers 1,2,3,4,5 — mikerosd, Aug 08 '18 at 13:29
@mikerosd So you're trying to access variables `output1`, `output2`, etc? — Patrick Haugh, Aug 08 '18 at 13:31

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 08 '18 at 13:28

5

I think, the below would be helpful.

>>> printt=[1,4,2,3,5]
>>> for numm in printt:
...     print('-----------------------------------------')
...     print('output%d' % (numm))
...
-----------------------------------------
output1
-----------------------------------------
output4
-----------------------------------------
output2
-----------------------------------------
output3
-----------------------------------------
output5
>>>

answered Aug 08 '18 at 13:28

hygull

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I believe that this person has assigned values to `output1 = ...` et. al., and is attempting to output those values dynamically. – Patrick Haugh Aug 08 '18 at 13:30

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 08 '18 at 13:29

1

The output variable is not defined in this case. You should change it output to 'output'.

print('output%d' % (numm))

or

print('output%d'.format(numm))

answered Aug 08 '18 at 13:29

Rafał

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 08 '18 at 13:26

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You can use this line instead:

 print('output{}').format(numm)

answered Aug 08 '18 at 13:26

Joe

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 08 '18 at 13:32

If your code has output1, output2, output3, output4 and output5 as variables. It would be better if you use a list. like:

_output_list = [output1, output4, output2, output3, output5]
for _out in _output_list:
    print('-----------------------------------------')
    print(_out)

How to fix simple quotation error?

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