Printing and messages

You've already used print — now let's make it work harder. Nearly every program you write on this trail starts by printing something, so a few minutes here pays off everywhere.

Printing several things at once

Give print multiple values separated by commas, and it prints them all on one line with spaces in between:

Notice two things:

• Text needs quotes, numbers don't.
• Python adds the space between values for you.

Blank lines and spacing

An empty print() prints an empty line — perfect for separating sections of output:

Quotes: single or double?

Python accepts both 'single' and "double" quotes for text. They mean exactly the same thing — pick one and stay consistent. The one rule: end with the same quote you started with.

print('This works')
print("This works too")
print("Don't mix them up")   # double quotes let you use ' inside

That last line shows a genuinely useful trick: if your text contains an apostrophe, wrap it in double quotes.

What's next

You can make output — next you'll learn to leave notes in your code with comments, and read Python's error messages without breaking a sweat.