Your First Python Program

Use print() to show text and values, including the sep and end arguments.

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Print a message

A program is a set of instructions. print() is one of the most useful first instructions because it displays a result.

Text must be inside quotes so Python knows it is text, not a name.

Example 1: Hello, World!

print("Hello, World!")

Python displays exactly the text between the quotes. This classic first program checks that your code can run.

Example 2: Multiple values

print("Score:", 10)
print(3, 4, 5)

Separate values inside print() with commas. By default, Python puts one space between the values.

The sep argument chooses the separator between values. The end argument chooses what comes after a printed line; by default it is a new line.

Example 3: sep and end

print("2026", "08", "23", sep="-")
print("Loading", end="... ")
print("done")

The first line uses hyphens instead of spaces. The second print() ends with three dots and a space, so done stays on the same line.

Show the result of yesterday's Bangladesh vs India match with two tidy lines.

Example

print("BAN vs IND")
print("Bangladesh scored", 221)

How it works, step by step

The first print() shows the fixture header.
The second print() takes two arguments: text and a number, joined with a space automatically.

Related entries from PyLabs's own reference library.

print() (Print objects to the text stream file, separated by sep and followed by end.)
str() (Convert a value into readable text.)

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Print the values red, green, and blue on one line, separated by | (a space, vertical bar, and space).

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