🎓 Tutorial: Intro to Print Functions

1. Basic Print Function
2. Lower and Upper Functions

1. Basic Print Function

In our Installation and Setup lesson, we learned how to access the Simpl-Py interpreter. We will need the interpreter for every lesson. If you want to display some text in the terminal, we can use the basic print function. This function can be accessed by returning print and telling Simpl-Py what to print.

In your terminal, return the print command (shown below):

>>> print

Next, Simpl-Py will ask you what to print. Return Hello World:

Print What?  Hello World

As you can see, the same text you returned was printed onto the display:

Hello World

🎉 Congrats! You have just used your first Simpl-Py command! Lets look at some other print commands.

2. Lower and Upper Functions

The basic print function is a base function. Before you think the print function (or even Simpl-Py) is boring, lets learn some more functions contained inside the print handler.

Print Lower Function

This command takes text and prints the same text but in lower case. Follow along:

In your terminal, return print.lower:

>> print.lower

In response to "Lower What?", return SIMPLE python:

Lower What?  SIMPLE python

Simpl-Py will print the result:

simple python

Print Upper Function

This command (you guessed it) prints the uppercase version of some text:

Return print.upper:

>> print.upper

Return SIMPLE python:

Upper What?  SIMPLE python

The result:

SIMPLE PYTHON

🎉 Congrats! You have just learned 2 more print commands!

Stay tuned for our Advanced Print Commands lesson to learn how to print text hundreds (or even thousands) of times.

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