How to eliminate white space after backslash (Python 3.4) -

looking advice text formatting. trying print results of simple unit conversion (imperial metric) keep getting these spaces when trying print double apostrophe symbol.

code:

print("you entered ", imp_height_flt, "\" converts " \     "%.2f" % imp_height_converted, "m.") 

when run program get:

you entered  5.9 " converts 1.80 m. 

i'm trying eliminate space between 9 , double apostrophe.

use formatting whole string:

print("you entered %.1f\" converts "       "%.2fm." % (imp_height_flt, imp_height_converted)) 

or tell print() function not use spaces separator:

print("you entered ", imp_height_flt, "\" converts "       "%.2f" % imp_height_converted, "m.",       sep='') 

the default sep argument ' ', space, can set empty string.

note backslash @ end of first line not needed @ since (..) parentheses form logical line already.

personally, i'd use str.format() method string template here; more flexible , powerful method interpolating values string:

print('you entered {:.1f}" converts '       '{:.2f}m.'.format(imp_height_flt, imp_height_converted)) 

i used single quotes form string literal, embedded " doesn't have use backslash either.

demo:

>>> imp_height_flt, imp_height_converted = 5.9, 1.8 >>> print("you entered %.1f\" converts " ...       "%.2fm." % (imp_height_flt, imp_height_converted)) entered 5.9" converts 1.80m. >>> print("you entered ", imp_height_flt, "\" converts " ...       "%.2f" % imp_height_converted, "m.", ...       sep='') entered 5.9" converts 1.80m. >>> print('you entered {:.1f}" converts ' ...       '{:.2f}m.'.format(imp_height_flt, imp_height_converted)) entered 5.9" converts 1.80m.