meet it

Lines run in order, one after another.

A program can have lots of lines. Python runs them in order, top to bottom, like ticking off a shopping list. Everything your program shows on the screen is called its .

An empty print() has nothing to show, so you get a blank line. It is handy for spacing things out.

You can also give one print several strings. Put a comma between them and Python shows them on one line, with a space between each.

print("Ready")
print("Steady")
print()
print("Go!")

The commas go between the strings, outside the quote marks.

guess first

How will this look on the screen?

Guess before you run it. Wrong guesses are how you learn, and nothing is marked.

print("Fish", "and", "chips")

your turn

Your turn. Write a knock knock joke.

Type who is at the door on lines 3 and 4, the same both times. Put your punchline on line 5, then press run and enjoy your output.

Your code

press run to see what happens

fix it

The cheer is all squashed. Can you fix it?

Broken code to fix

press run to see what happens

Run it and look at the output. Where have the spaces gone?
There should be a comma between each string inside the brackets.
Add a comma after "Hip" and after "hip", then press run.

nailed it

you made the computer tell a joke. :D

Lines run in order, from top to bottom.
An empty print() makes a blank line.
Commas let one print show several strings, with spaces between.

new words in your collection

output

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