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I have a script that returns an output in the console, eg (not the actual code just an example):

print("Hello World")

I want to be able to catch this output as a string and store it as a variable:

print("Hello World")

# function to catch previous line output and store it as a variable
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  • a = "Hello World" print(a) Commented Aug 20, 2020 at 16:42
  • Assign it to a var? Commented Aug 20, 2020 at 16:43
  • the code I provided is an illustration and not the actuall code. Of course this is easier but it doesn't meet the functionality I'm looking for. Commented Aug 20, 2020 at 17:26

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I'm assuming by the wording in your question that you are running the first print command in a different script than the first one. In that case you can run it using the subprocess module and catch the output like this:

from subprocess import run

result = run(['script.py'], capture_output=True)
previous_output = result.stdout
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not that is not the case, this is all contained in a single script.
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You can just do that

a = "Hello World !"
print(a)

it's easier than trying to capture it after printing the actual string, but if you insist, @Blupper already answered your question.

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the code I provided is an illustration and not the actuall code. Of course this is easier but it doesn't meet the functionality I'm looking for.

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