I wish to understand the output of print((x,y)*5). I wish to know what actually is happening behind the scenes. (To me, it seems as if it turned into a list. Am I right?)
x = 'Thank'
y = 'You'
print(x+y)
print(x,y)
print((x+y)*5)
print((x,y)*5) #This one..
I am a beginner in Python and I'm asking a question for the first time ever. Please forgive me if this question seems naive. I tried Googling but it didn't help.
x = 'Thank'
y = 'You'
# concatenation of string x and y which is treated as a single element and then
# printed (Here, only a single argument is passed to the print function).
print(x+y)
# Output: ThankYou (Simple String concatenation)
# Here, two different arguments are passed to the print function.
print(x,y)
# Output python 2: ('Thank', 'You') (x and y are treated as tuple
# Output python 3: Thank You (x and y are comma seperated and hence,
# considered two different elements - the default 'sep=" "' is applied.)
# The concatenated result of (x + y) is printed 5 times.
print((x+y)*5)
# Output: ThankYouThankYouThankYouThankYouThankYou
# x and y are made elements of a tuple and the tuple is printed 5 times.
print((x,y)*5)
# Output: ('Thank', 'You', 'Thank', 'You', 'Thank', 'You', 'Thank', 'You', 'Thank', 'You')
plus act as concatenation operator if operands are string otherwise it acts as mathematical plus operator.Whereas comma in print function is used to separate the variables:In case of string , and + in print works as same but fundamentally they are different: + creates new object from operand whereas comma uses objects and did not create new :
print('Delhi'+'is capital')
print(2+6)
var1='Hello'
var2='!!'
print(var1,var2)
print(2,6)
x+yconcatenate and print it 5 times, whilex,yare two seperate values and are multiplied 5 times alternatively and displayed as list. so its likexfirst thenyat second place upto 5 timesprint("ab" + "ra" + "ca" + "da" + "bra")vsprint("ab","ra","ca","da","bra")vsprint("ab","ra","ca","da","bra", sep = "WUSH")- seperate entities are printed withsepbetween - concattenated strings are printed as one concatted string. And printing tuples (not lists) should be obvious.