Trying to print multiple variable under loop

Question

Here is what I tried

f = open('names.txt')
for people in f:
    print('{0} and {1}'.format(people, people))

Output:

john
and john

vlad 
and vlad

But my expected output is

john and john
vlad and vlad

What is wrong here and how to fix it?

what is f? I think people might have a newline char at theme end — Will
– Will, Commented May 28, 2019 at 19:51
Presumably each item in f ends with a newline - maybe it's a file? — jonrsharpe
– jonrsharpe, Commented May 28, 2019 at 19:52

davejagoda · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-28 19:54:24Z

3

How about this:

people = people.rstrip()
print('{0} and {1}'.format(people, people))

answered May 28, 2019 at 19:54

davejagoda

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Richard Nemeth · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-28 19:58:20Z

2

You can try removing the newline characters:

f = open('names.txt')
for people in f:
    people = people.replace("\n", "")
    print('{0} and {1}'.format(people, people))

This way there should only be a new line on the next person in the file f.

answered May 28, 2019 at 19:58

Richard Nemeth

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