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Before we close this section, let us have some fun with the print() function. Python allows us to display emojis in a very
simple manner. For example,
>>> print('\N{slightly smiling face}')

>>> print('\N{winking face}')

Next, we like to print some text separated by emojis as follows:

>>> print('Happy',2,'help', sep = '\N{slightly smiling face}')
Happy 2 help
Next, let us print the same message, terminated by three emojis.
>>> print('Happy',2,'help', sep = '\N{winking face}', end = 3*'\N{winking face}')

Happy 2 help
Finally, we encourage you to execute the following Python script (Program 6.5):

Program 6.5 Fun with Smileys using the argument end.
# Objective: Fun with smileys
print('Hello', end = '\N{slightly smiling face}')
print('How are you', end = '\N{slightly smiling face}')
On execution, the above program produces the following output:
Hello How are you
Note that we have changed the default value of end from end of line character to the smiley. So, on execution of the
first call to the function print(), the printer control does not move to the beginning of the next line. Therefore, the
output produced on execution of the next call to the print() function, continues on the same line.

The backslash character '\' is used with escape sequences, such as '\n' and '\t' which are interpreted as newline
and tab characters respectively.

If any value of the end clause is explicitly given in the print(), then it will be printed at the end of the line. The
statements

print('Welcome to', end='***') ------> value of end is given as '***'
print('Home','Sweet','Home')
will produce the output as:
Welcome to***Home Sweet Home
The example given below uses both sep and end clauses in the print():

>>> print(5, 6, 7, 8, sep = '\t', end= '\nOVER')

5 6 7 8 ---------> each value is separated by a tab space('\t')
OVER ---------> the value of end clause is given as newline('\n') followed by 'OVER'
A print() without any argument will print a blank line. If any print() includes a Python expression, the value of
the expression is evaluated before printing, as shown below:
>>> print(1+2, 3*4)
3 12

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