Why eclipse + pydev print() output look strange with two strings?

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hay all, I just did the following:

a = input("give a word: ")
b = input("give another word: ")

c = a + " " + b

print("result is", c)

and get the output as follows:

give a word: name
give another word: word
result is name
word

my question is why the output on pydev or eclipse console in two lines? i expected to output as follows:

give a word: name
give another word: word
result is name word

how and why this happens to me? on cmd its looking fine??!!

also i found that python saves the strings with "\r", i think that is the one making this problem on pydev console, is it?

Never mind that. You could/should use raw_input instead of input. It's less scary because it doesn't do an eval. — Thomas
– Thomas, Commented Mar 27, 2010 at 18:25
@Thomas: In Python-3.x, input acts as raw_input does for Python-2.x. (raw_input was renamed input). — unutbu
– unutbu, Commented Mar 27, 2010 at 18:27
im afraid that python 3.1 doesnt have a function called "raw_input" — srisar
– srisar, Commented Mar 27, 2010 at 18:27

inspectorG4dget · Accepted Answer · 2010-03-27 20:11:40Z

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It seems to me that Eclipse + PyDev is storing the newline character in the string as well. There are a few variants of the newline character depending on the operating system: \n, \r, \r\n.

In any case, I think the following should fix your problem:

a = raw_input("give a word: ").strip()
b = raw_input("give another word: ").strip()
c = a + " " + b

I have tested this code on PyDev for Eclipse Galileo on Windows7 and it works.

Hope this helps

answered Mar 27, 2010 at 20:11

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srisar Over a year ago

yea, thanks, first impression is the best impression, and i just swtched back to Wing IDE, hehehe

inspectorG4dget Over a year ago

I don't like the concept of "fanboys" nor do I like it when people advocate the use of something without proper reason (as fanboys usually do). However, I have used both Eclipse+PyDev and WingIDE. I find Eclipse is better by far and I would strongly encourage you to not give up on it without giving it a fair chance.

Uri · Accepted Answer · 2010-03-27 18:26:49Z

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That's very strange.

Are you getting an extra newline after word? (you can check by issuing another print command).

Eclipse is always weird on console input. I would not be surprised if somehow it keeps a CR or a LF (or both) in the string, so that when you print each of them, you would get a line break. But then you should get another line break after word.

answered Mar 27, 2010 at 18:26

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srisar Over a year ago

no im not getting another newline after word, just one, in debug mode the value is showing like this : a = str: name\r

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