Question

I’m fairly new to Python..
I was wondering how do i remove the whitespace that comes right before the output..

height = input("Please enter the tree height : ")
height1 = height
trunk = height/3
spacevar = str(" ")
for i in range(0,height):
    print spacevar*(height)+"*"*(((i+1)*2)-1)
    height = height-1
for p in range (0,trunk):
    print spacevar*height1+"*"

the output is

Please enter the tree height : 5
     *
    ***
   *****
  *******
=*********
     *

The text slot marked with = is the “whitespace” i need to remove..
Thanks guys !

Answer 1

I hope I got what you mean here:

height = input("Please enter the tree height : ")
height1 = height
trunk = height/3
spacevar = str(" ")

for i in range(0,height):
    print spacevar*(height-1)+"*"*(((i+1)*2)-1)
    height = height-1
for p in range (0,trunk):
    print spacevar*(height1-1)+"*"

I just replaces the (height) and height1 operands to -1. Seems to have done the trick for me in the example. If this is not what you meant please just let me know.