Python print and input statements for beginners.

1. Input and print
in Python

2. Input strings
and numbers
Printing different
types of data
Simple
formatting
Input prompt
Hello
World!

3. print()
The print function displays
information to the user

4. Code
Result
print('Hello World')

5. Code
Result
print('Hello World')
print function
displays the text

6. Code
Result
print('Hello World')
Text included in
quote marks

7. Run the
code

8. Code
Result
print('Hello World')
Hello World
The print function
displays the text

9. Hello
World!
Printing different
types of data
Simple
formatting
Input prompt
Input strings
and numbers

10. input()
The input function accepts
information from the user

11. Code
Result
s = input('What day is it?')
print(s)

12. Code
Result
s = input('What day is it?')
print(s)
input function gets
information from the
user

13. Code
Result
s = input('What day is it?')
print(s)
This is the question
(prompt) to ask the user

14. Code
Result
s = input('What day is it?')
print(s)
The response is
stored in variable s

15. Run the
code

16. Code
Result
s = input('What day is it?')
print(s)
The input function
displays the
prompt
What day is it?

17. Code
Result
s = input('What day is it?')
print(s)
The user types in
a response
What day is it?
Tuesday

18. Code
Result
s = input('What day is it?')
print(s)
The print function
displays the result
What day is it?
Tuesday
Tuesday

19. Asking the user for a number

20. Code
Result
s = input('What is the year?')
y = int(s)
print(y)

21. Code
Result
s = input('What is the year?')
y = int(s)
print(y)
input function gets
information from the
user

22. Code
Result
s = input('What is the year?')
y = int(s)
print(y) The int function
converts the string s
into a number y

23. Run the
code

24. Code
Result
s = input('What is the year?')
y = int(s)
print(y)
The input function
displays the
prompt
What is the year?

25. Code
Result
s = input('What is the year?')
y = int(s)
print(y)
User types in a string
which represents a
number
What is the year?
1066

26. Code
Result
s = input('What is the year?')
y = int(s)
print(y) The int function
converts the string
to a number
What is the year?
1066
1066 print displays it

27. Printing different
types of data
Hello
World!
Input strings
and numbers
Simple
formatting
Input prompt

28. Code
Result
x = 'string data'
print(x)
string data

29. Code
Result
x = 2 + 3
print(x)
5

30. Code
Result
x = 0.5 * 3.0
print(x)
1.5

31. Code
Result
x = datetime.now()
print(x)
2016-01-07 17:37:01.368503

32. Hello
World!
Input strings
and numbers
Input prompt
Printing different
types of data
Simple
formatting

33. Code
Result
print(1)
print(2)
print(3)
1
2
3
Each output starts
on a new line
Several
separate print
statements

34. Code
Result
print('abc')
print()
print('def')
abc
def
Blank line
Empty print
statement

35. Code
Result
print(1, 2, 3)
1 2 3
Each item
separated by
a space
Several items
in one print
statement

36. Code
Result
print(1, 2, 3, sep='.')
1.2.3
Each item
separated by
a dot
Using the sep
parameter

37. Code
Result
print(1, 2, 3, sep='')
123
Items are not
separated
Using the sep
parameter with
and empty string

38. s = 'abc'
empty = ''
Two quotes characters
with no other characters
between them

39. Code
Result
print(1, end='')
print(2, end='')
print(3)
123 Each item is printed on
the same line
Using the end
parameter

40. Hello
World!
Input strings
and numbers
Simple
formatting
Printing different
types of data
Input prompt

41. The input prompt doesn't
have to be a question

42. Code
Result
s = input('>')
>

43. Code
Result
s = input()

44. Code
Result
print('You are in the haunted library. There')
print('is a book of spells on the table.')
s = input()
You are in the haunted library. There
is a book of spells on the table.

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