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Beginner · 6 min

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Read a simple program and work out what it displays.

Tell Python what to display

A program is a set of instructions. The print() function displays a value. Here, the value is text inside quotation marks. Python calls a text value a string.

print("Hello, Ada!")

Output

Hello, Ada!

Quotes belong to the code

Matching single or double quotes both work. The quotes tell Python where the string begins and ends; print() does not include them in the displayed message.

print('Ready to learn')

Output

Ready to learn

Make a greeting

  1. Read the two print examples.
  2. Predict the output before checking each answer.

Try it yourself

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Print a greeting

Change the program so it displays Hello, Ada! exactly, including the capital letters and punctuation.

Practice