2.4 Function print and an Intro to Single- and Double-Quoted Strings
The built-in print function displays its argument(s) as a line of text:
In [1]: print('Welcome to Python!')Welcome to Python!
In this case, the argument 'Welcome to Python!' is a string—a sequence of characters enclosed in single quotes ('). Unlike when you evaluate expressions in interactive mode, the text that print displays here is not preceded by Out[1]. Also, print does not display a string’s quotes, though we’ll soon show how to display quotes in strings.
You also may enclose a string in double quotes ("), as in:
In [2]: print("Welcome to Python!")Welcome to Python!
Python programmers generally prefer single quotes.
When print completes its task, it positions the ...
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