Input and output

Contents

Input and output#

(Click here for the German version of this page)

Output#

Just like with other programming languages, the input and output using a terminal are essential. At least regarding programs in the context of simple scripts.

To print something to the terminal in Python, one can use the function print().

name = "Joe Generic"
print(name)
# --> "Joe Generic"

The print() function can also take multiple parameters. In this case, the provided parameters are concatenated with a whitespace between them.

name1 = "Joe Generic"
name2 = "John Doe"
print(name1, "is friends with", name2)
# --> "Joe Generic is friends with John Doe"

After a call to the print() function, a line break is automatically created. The following lines:

print(1)
print(2)
print(3)

result in the following output:

1
2
3

instead of

123

Input#

How users can provide input to a Python program through the terminal will not be discussed in this introduction.

If one wants to test the function foo(x), then one can for the time being just hard-code a given value for x.

x = 5
foo(x)

# or just

foo(x)

For those, who are interested, here is the Python Referenz, with information regarding built-in Python functions such as input().

Alternatively, you can just search for it on the web with a search engine of your choice.

Contents