Creating Space between variable and strings in python 3

reubenjoshy347576647 · March 9, 2022, 7:09am

Hi so I’m currently finishing up with the lists topic under python 3 and under the assignment called lens slice, there is an instance where I need to print the following sentence - “We sell 7 different kinds of pizzas!” where the 7 is an output of the len() function and the rest are strings to be printed. I am not sure on how to create the space between the number and the words. I tried adding “” between them but it doesn’t seem to work…
Here is the link to my assignment for better viewing :

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https://gist.github.com/codecademydev/3ee07cbefb2321e623c644aede169ec7

script.py

# Your code below:
toppings = ["pepperoni", "pineapple", "cheese", "sausage", "olives", "anchovies", "mushrooms"]
prices = [2, 6, 1, 3, 2, 7, 2]
num_two_dollar_slices = prices.count(2)
print(num_two_dollar_slices)
num_pizzas = len(toppings)
print("We sell" + str(num_pizzas) + "different kinds of pizza!")

notlyall · March 9, 2022, 7:13am

Hello and welcome to the forums!

You can either add a space to the end of the first string and start of the end string (which is probably the easier option), or you can convert to using , instead of +, as if you’re using ,, then Python with automatically inset a character (by default a space) between the strings/variables passed.

Happy coding!

reubenjoshy347576647 · March 9, 2022, 8:24am

Ahh okok thanks a lot for the feedback
The first suggestion doesn’t seem to work but the second one does!

notlyall · March 9, 2022, 11:17am

Glad I could help! Not sure why the first one didn’t work, it should look like this:

print("We sell " + str(num_pizzas) + " different kinds of pizza!")

With an extra space on the end of string 1, and at the start of the second string.

Happy coding!