Your right that example from the book is a terrible example the point or the reason to concatenating strings.
here is a simple usage of where concatenating strings prints out a simple string as a counter in a loop. >>> for i in range(5): ... print(str(i) + ' in for loop') ... 0 in for loop 1 in for loop 2 in for loop 3 in for loop 4 in for loop On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 10:00 PM, Jeremy Duenas <jduena...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am trying to understand the point behind using the ‘+’ character when > trying to concatenate strings. I am new to learning Python and going > through the book “Python Programming for Absolute Beginners 3rd ed.” and > do not understand the point or reason for concatenating strings. The reason > I do not understand is when experimenting to understand what was being > taught I wrote:**** > > ** ** > > print(“\nThis string” “may not” “seem terr” “ibly impressive”)**** > > ** ** > > then wrote:**** > > ** ** > > print(“\nThis string” + “may not” + “seem terr” + “ibly impressive”)**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > and the both printed the same output……so why would I want to use ‘+’ to > add strings if there seems to be no reason too?**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > >
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