[Python] Blackjack Game - displaying ASCII Graphics / Multiline Strings

I'm pretty new to Python and currently trying to create a basic blackjack game using ASCII graphics to represent the cards. I've placed the card images in a list of multiline strings and the idea is to call the specific index for each one when a card needs to be displayed.

However I can't get them to print next to each other, and no amount of tinkering seems to get it to work. Here's the code:

CARDS = ['''
-------
|K |
| |
| |
| |
| K|
------- ''', '''
-------
|Q |
| |
| |
| |
| Q|
------- ''', '''
-------
|J |
| |
| |
| |
| J|
------- ''', '''
-------
|10 |
| |
| |
| |
| 10|
------- ''', '''
-------
|9 |
| |
| |
| |
| 9|
------- ''', '''
-------
|8 |
| |
| |
| |
| 8|
------- ''', '''
-------
|7 |
| |
| |
| |
| 7|
------- ''', '''
-------
|6 |
| |
| |
| |
| 6|
------- ''', '''
-------
|5 |
| |
| |
| |
| 5|
------- ''', '''
-------
|6 |
| |
| |
| |
| 6|
------- ''', '''
-------
|5 |
| |
| |
| |
| 5|
------- ''', '''
-------
|4 |
| |
| |
| |
| 4|
------- ''', '''
-------
|3 |
| |
| |
| |
| 3|
------- ''', '''
-------
|2 |
| |
| |
| |
| 2|
------- ''', '''
-------
|A |
| |
| |
| |
| A|
------- '''
]

BLANKCARD = '''
-------
|XXXXXXX|
|XXXXXXX|
|XXXXXXX|
|XXXXXXX|
|XXXXXXX|
------- '''


def displayCards():
print(CARDS[2] + CARDS[14], end='')

displayCards()


The above code prints the following:

-------
|J |
| |
| |
| |
| J|
-------
-------
|A |
| |
| |
| |
| A|
-------


I've tried using end='' to get rid of the new line, but no joy. Does anyone have any suggestions about how I can get the cards next to each other?

Thanks in advance!

Continue reading...