In a print statement, you can set the ________ argument to a space or empty string to stop the output from advancing to a new line.

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In a print statement, you can set the ________ argument to a space or empty string to stop the output from advancing to a new line.

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Here we examine the question about the print statement and its arguments. 
Option 1: 'stop' — This is not a parameter of the print function. There is a 'sep' parameter, but not 'stop', so this choice misidentifies the correct argument name. 
Option 2: 'separator' — While the concept of separating items exists in other contexts (for example, the sep parameter controls how multiple items are joined when print receives more than one value), 'separator' is not the name of a parameter for print, and it does not affect line advancement. This option confuses terminology rather than naming the actual end-of-line control. 
Option 3: 'newLine' — There is no 'newLine' parameter in the print function. The behavior of moving to the next line is governed by the end parameter, not by any parameter with this name, so this option is incorrect due to mismatched naming. 
Option 4: 'end' — This is the correct parameter name. In many print implementations, end specifies what is appended after the output; by setting end to a space (' ') or to an empty string ('') you prevent the automatic newline that would normally follow the print, thus stopping the output from advancing to a new line. This aligns with the standard usage of end to control line termination. 
In summary, the reasoning shows that only the 'end' option corresponds to the actual print parameter that controls whether a newline is added, while the other options reference non-existent or misnamed parameters.

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In a print statement, you can set the ________ argument to a space or empty string to stop the output from advancing to a new line.

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