Why is there a space in the output without adding the space myself?

Question

Hi all,

Can someone explain why the following code...

ages = {"Tonja":45, "John":46}
print("John is",ages["John"])
print("Tonja is",ages["Tonja"])

Gives the following result...

John is 46
Tonja is 45

I write the following code: print("John is"..., instead of print("John is "..., so I expect no space between "is" and the age. Why is there a space anyway in the output?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Use

print("text1", "text2", sep = x, end = y)

to control the separating string,
where x separates text1 and text2,
where y is printed after printing all the text parameters.

x is ' ' by default.
y is '\n' by default.

Answer 2

I think it does that automatically, since if the number were negative, then that space would be taken up by the negative sign.

Answer 3

As far as I know, it is because of the "coma", just change it for a "plus" sign

Answer 4

Hi Samuel and Keto. Thank you both for your replies.