In Python when I change the value of a variable through raw_input in the terminal it would write a new line stating its new value. I wanted to know if there is a way to avoid that because straight after user's input there is a print function which uses the value received before. In the end the user will get both values: original and modified while for the purpose of my program he only has to see the modified. I use IDLE to write my scripts and then execute them in terminal. Update A simple example would be the following. The input is string "Hello" and the output should be "Me: Hello". There should be no "Hello" before the final result. a = raw_input() print ("Me: " + a) And the output should be just Me: Hello rather than Hello Me: Hello Continue reading...