How to print in a single line without using end =''

Question

I have a task to create a row of numbers. what I have now works and prints on one line. I want to try to use it without end. What I've tried already is creating a variable new_line = "" and adding that / equaling that to the string in the print line. I also need to be able to print another "|" at the end of the string only and I can't do that with end.

def print_row(n, max_power, column_width):
    count = 0
    exponent = max_power
    max_power = 0
    while count < exponent:
        max_power = max_power + 1
        value = power(n, max_power)
        print("|",padded(value, column_width),end='')
        count = count + 1

Answer 1

You're using the loop to control the wrong thing. Use the loop to build a list of values to be combined using | as a separator, then print that string with one call to print.

def print_row(n, max_power, column_width):
    values = [padded(power(n, p), column_width) for p in range(max_power)]
    print("|" + "|".join(values), end="|")

The initial "|" can be added to the value to actually print (as shown), or could be output with a preceding call to print("|", end='').