[Solved] Print string and integer in python [duplicate]

Question

1) Because there is not a clear, unambiguous meaning of str+int. Consider:

x = "5" + 7

Should the + str-ify the 7 or int-ify the “5”? One way yields 12, the other yields "57".

2) Because there are other alternatives that more clearly express the programmer’s intent:

print "5", 7
print "5%d" % 7
print "5{:d}".format(7)

each of these have a clear meaning, and none of them represent an onerous burden to the programmer.

Aside: I would never use "some string"+str(some_int). String concatenation is a limited case of the more general, easier to use string formatting facilities I listed above.

Accepted Answer

1) Because there is not a clear, unambiguous meaning of str+int. Consider:

x = "5" + 7

Should the + str-ify the 7 or int-ify the “5”? One way yields 12, the other yields "57".

2) Because there are other alternatives that more clearly express the programmer’s intent:

print "5", 7
print "5%d" % 7
print "5{:d}".format(7)

each of these have a clear meaning, and none of them represent an onerous burden to the programmer.

Aside: I would never use "some string"+str(some_int). String concatenation is a limited case of the more general, easier to use string formatting facilities I listed above.