Printing text · Procedural

Build the idea

Start with the concept and its key vocabulary.

Key idea

Use print() with quotation marks to display text.

Programs use output to communicate. In both OCR Exam Reference Language (ERL) and Python, print() displays a message. Put text inside quotation marks so the computer treats it as a string. Python can separate multiple printed values with commas; concatenation uses + to build one string instead.

Output

Data or information a program displays to the user.

String

A sequence of characters, such as a word or sentence.

Syntax

The rules that say how code must be written.

Keep these in mind

Text needs matching quotation marks.
The output appears without the quotation marks.
Python commas separate printed values; + concatenates strings.
Capital letters, spaces and punctuation all matter.

Build the idea

Start with the concept and its key vocabulary.

Key idea

Use print() with quotation marks to display text.

Output

Data or information a program displays to the user.

String

A sequence of characters, such as a word or sentence.

Syntax

The rules that say how code must be written.

Keep these in mind

Text needs matching quotation marks.
The output appears without the quotation marks.
Python commas separate printed values; + concatenates strings.
Capital letters, spaces and punctuation all matter.