How to print multiple arguments in Python

We will show you how to print multiple arguments in Python 2 and 3.

Requirement

Suppose you have two variables

city = "Amsterdam"
country = "Netherlands"

Please print the string that includes both arguments city and country, like below

City Amsterdam is in the country Netherlands

Solutions - Print multiple arguments in Python

Python 2 and 3 Solutions

1. Pass values as parameters

# Python 2
>>> print "City", city, 'is in the country', country

# Python 3
>>> print("City", city, 'is in the country', country)

2. Use string formatting

There are three string formatting methods that could pass arguments to the string.

• Sequential option

# Python 2
>>> print "City {} is in the country {}".format(city, country)

# Python 3
>>> print("City {} is in the country {}".format(city, country))

• Formatting with numbers

The advantages of this option compared to the last one is that you could reorder the arguments and reuse some arguments as many as possible. Check the examples below,

  # Python 2
  >>> print "City {1} is in the country {0}, yes, in {0}".format(country, city)

  # Python 3
  >>> print("City {1} is in the country {0}, yes, in {0}".format(country, city))

• Formatting with explicit names

  # Python 2
  >>> print "City {city} is in the country {country}".format(country=country, city=city)

  # Python 3
  >>> print("City {city} is in the country {country}".format(country=country, city=city))

3. Pass arguments as a tuple

# Python 2
>>> print "City %s is in the country %s" %(city, country)

# Python 3
>>> print("City %s is in the country %s" %(city, country))

Python 3.6 Only Method - f-string formatting

Python introduces a new type of string literals-f-strings from version 3.6. It is similar to the string formatting method str.format().

# Only from Python 3.6
>>> print(f"City {city} is in the country {country}".format(country=country, city=city))