Difference between + and , Python Print

In this article, we will learn about the difference between + and, in Python print, The print() function in Python is used to print some messages as the output on the screen. We can print a single element or even multiple elements on the screen. Python provides two ways to print multiple elements as the output using the ‘+ operator’ and ‘, operator’. Let us see how they work with the print statement.

‘+’ in Python Print Statement

The ‘+’ operator is an arithmetic operator which is also used to concatenate two strings. It does not add white space in between strings, you have to provide it manually if you want to separate two strings. The print() function, can be used to combine multiple strings and print them to the console as a single line.

Syntax of ‘+’ Operator in Python Print:

print(string 1 + string2)

Example 1:

In this example, we can see that we did not provide any white space in the string. So when we try to print them using the + operator, string 1 and string 2 concatenate with each other.

Python

str1 = "Hello"
str2 = "World"
print(str1 + str2)

Output

HelloWorld

Example 2:

In this example, we can see that we provided a space between the strings – “Name” and “Age”. So when we printed them using the + operator, the white space was printed in the output as well. Also, it is used to concatenate strings, so we convert the age to string using the str() function.

Python

name = "Raj"
age = 26
print("Name: " + name + ", Age: " + str(age))

Output

Name: Raj, Age: 26

‘,’ in Python Print Statement

Python ‘,’ operator is used to separate multiple arguments passed to the print() function. When used with the print() function, it can be used to print multiple values or variables on separate lines. It automatically adds a single white space between the arguments.

Syntax of ‘,’ in Python Print:

print(arg1, arg2, arg3, …)

In this example, we can see that we did not provide any white space in the string, but the ‘,’ operator automatically added a single white space between the values.

Python

name = "Raj"
age = 27
print("Name:",name)
print("Age:",age)

Output

('Name:', 'Raj')
('Age:', 27)

Difference Between + and , in Python Print

Let’s see the difference between + and , in Python print.

‘ + ‘ in Python Print	‘ , ‘ in Python Print
It is used to concatenate or add the values	It separates multiple values or variables passed to the function
Example: print(“Hello” + ” ” + “world”) would result in “Hello world”	Example: print(“Hello”, “world”) would result in “Hello world”
It does not add white space between the values	It automatically adds a single white space between the values.
It returns the new value that is the result of the concatenation or addition operation	Does not return the value, but prints the values passed to the function to the console
It is used for explicit string concatenation i.e, we need to convert non-string data types to strings using functions like str() if they are not already strings.	Explicit string concatenation is not necessary. We can print a mix of data types without explicit type conversion.