Python 1a - Printing
Printing in Python
To output a message onto the screen, use the print command.
Then place your message within brackets and speech marks. For example:
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When you run the program, the text will print to the Python console:
Practice Task 1
1. Print your full name to the screen.
2. On the next line, write another print statement to print the name of the person (or thing) to your left.
Example solution:
Printing over Several Lines
One way of writing across multiple lines is to write several print commands like this:
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However, when we program, we always want to make our code the most efficient it can be by using as few lines as possible.
Therefore you can write \n within a printed statement to transfer it to the next line.
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Both pieces of code display the same thing, but the second one is more efficient because it only uses one line.
Practice Task 2
1. On line 1 print your first name to the screen.
2. On line 2 print your favourite colour.
3. On line 3 print your favourite movie.
4. Run the program.
5. Now re-write your program to print the same output but using only line of code (Hint: use \n )
Example solution:
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