Python string formatting issue

Question

import random

def main():
    the_number = random.randint(1,100)
    guess = 0
    no_of_tries = 0
    while guess != the_number:
        no_of_tries += 1
        guess = int(input("Enter your guess: "))
        if guess < the_number:
            print "--------------------------------------"
            print "Guess higher!", "You guessed:", guess
            if guess == the_number - 1:
                print "You're so close!"
        if guess > the_number:
            print "--------------------------------------"
            print "Guess lower!", "You guessed:", guess
            if guess == the_number + 1:
                print "You're so close!"
        if guess == the_number:
            print "--------------------------------------"
            print "You guessed correctly! The number was:", the_number
            print "And it only took you", no_of_tries, "tries!"

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Right now, in my random number guessing game, if a person guesses lower or higher by one number, they receive the following message:

Guess lower! You guessed: 33
You're so close!

But I want to make it one sentence.

For example:

Guess lower! You guessed: 33. You're so close!

How would I implement this in my code? Thanks!

Answer 1

Simply put a comma (',') after your print statement if you want to avoid it advancing to the next line. For example:

print "Guess lower!", "You guessed:", guess,
                                           ^
                                           |

The next print statement will add its output at the end of this line i.e., it will not move down to the start of the next line as you currently have.

Update re comment below:

To avoid the space due to the comma, you can use the print function. I.e.,

from __future__ import print_function  # this needs to go on the first line

guess = 33

print("Guess lower!", "You guessed:", guess, ".", sep="", end="")
print(" You're so close!")

This will print

Guess lower!You guessed:33. You're so close!

This PEP also talks about the print function