Hey guys, is there any alternative methods to string slicing?

An example output would be:

input: dani
output:
d
da
dan
dani

I did this with string slicing, but am wondering if it is possible to do the same thing without slicing.

Anyone help out?

Testie,

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You can print the characters one by one. Post your code, I'll post mine :)

You can print the characters one by one. Post your code, I'll post mine :)

Hi,

This is how I did it with string splicing.

def sequenceprint(s):
    """Prints out the input string in succession"""
    i = 0
    while i < len(s):
        print s[0:i+1]
        i = i + 1

However, I cannot do the same without the use of string slicing. Can you point me in the right direction?

Cheers,
Testie

Here is my code. It doesn't work without importing the future print_function.

# python 2 and 3
from __future__ import print_function

def sequenceprint2(s):
    for i in range(len(s)):
        for j in range(i):
            print(s[j], end='')
        print(s[i])

print("-"*10)
sequenceprint2("dani")
print("-"*10)

""" my output -->
----------
d
da
dan
dani
----------
"""
def sequenceprint(s):
    """Prints out the input string in succession"""
    i = 0
    while i < len(s):
        print s[0:i+1]
        i = i + 1

Here is my code. It doesn't work without importing the future print_function.

# python 2 and 3
from __future__ import print_function

def sequenceprint2(s):
    for i in range(len(s)):
        for j in range(i):
            print(s[j], end='')
        print(s[i])

print("-"*10)
sequenceprint2("dani")
print("-"*10)

""" my output -->
----------
d
da
dan
dani
----------
"""

Hi,

Thanks for the help. But I'm wondering why the import is necessary. Also, I am wondering what

end=' '

does.

Cheers,
Testie

Hi,

Thanks for the help. But I'm wondering why the import is necessary. Also, I am wondering what

end=' '

does.

Cheers,
Testie

In python 2, the print statement print 'a', 'b' prints a space between a and b. To learn about python 3's print function (and the meaning of the sep argument), read this http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/functions.html?highlight=builtin%20functions#print

Note that you can't use the print statement and the print function in the same file, and also that imports from __future__ must come before any other statement in the file. In python 3 there is no print statement.

Older style alternative is here with my code for non-slice and slice versions:

import sys
word = raw_input('Word: ')
for i in range(len(word)):
    for j in range(i+1):
        sys.stdout.write(word[j])
    print
print '-'*40
print '\n'.join(word[:i+1] for i in range(len(word)))
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