Python Print Function

The python print function is one of the built-in function, which is used to print the given value as an output. If you want something to be written o the screen or output device then you have to use this Python print function.

In this article, we will show you, how to use this Python print function with multiple examples.

Python print function syntax

The basic syntax behind this Python print function is as shown below

print(value,……., sep = ‘ ’, ends = ‘\n’, file = sys.stdout, flush = False)

Let me see the detailed information behind this Python print function arguments:

Value: This print function prints this values to an output or writes it to a file using file argument.
sep: It’s an optional argument. If you specify any string then that string value will be inserted between values. By default, this value will be space.
end: It’s an optional argument of Python print function. If you have given any string then that string is appended after the last value. The default value is a newline (\n).
file: This is an option argument. You can use this to print the output in a text file or something like that. By default, it use sys.stdout (standard output)
Flush: Change it to true, if you want to forcibly flush the stream.

Python print examples

In this example, we are using the Python print function to print Hello world as an output.

# Python Print Examples
 
print("Hello World")
 
print('Hello World!')

OUTPUT

In Python print function, you can use either double quotation or single quotation or combination of both to retune the string as an output.

Here, we are printing two individual strings “Learn” and ‘Python Programming’ separated by comma. As we said earlier, it uses space as the default separator so, it prints Learn Python Programming

print("Learn",  'Python Programming')
 
print("Learn",  'Python', 'Programming')

OUTPUT

Use below statements to print an empty line because, by default, end use newline as the argument value.

print()
 
print(' ')

OUTPUT

I think, you might have not noticed the empty spaces. So, let me use the string in-between those statements. This example prints two empty lines, Hello world, an empty line, Learn Python Programming, new line and Hi.

print()
 
print(' ')
 
print("Hello World")
 
print()
 
print('Learn',  'Python Programming')
 
print(' ')
 
print('Hi')

OUTPUT

Python print variables

When you are calling a variable or printing the variable value, you have to call by its name without any quotations. Here, we declared a number and assigned 100. Next, we called that number without quotation and with quotation.

The first print statement actually calling the variable number value. The second print statement is printing the word number. So, please be careful while calling the variable values or list values etc.

number = 100
 
print(number)
print('number')
 
name = 'Tutorial Gateway'
 
print(name)
print('name')
 
print('Number = ', number)
print('Name = ', name)

OUTPUT

Python print List, Tuple, Set and Dictionary

In this example, we are using this print function to print the items in Lists, Tuples, Sets and Dictionary. As you can see form the below, we created two lists, two tuples, three sets and 1 dictionary. Next, we used the Python print function to print them.

If you want to access each item individually or to perform operations on each item then use For Loop along with Range Function.

numbers_list = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]
fruits_list = ['apple', 'cherry', 'mango', 'kiwi']
 
print(numbers_list)
print(fruits_list)
 
numbers_tuple = (15, 25, 35, 45, 55)
fruits_tuple = ('apple', 'cherry', 'kiwi', 'mango')
 
print(numbers_tuple)
print(fruits_tuple)
 
numbers_Set = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
fruits_Set = {'apple', 'kiwi', 'banana', 'orange'}
mixed_Set = {'banana', 1, 2, (1, 2, 3)}
 
print(numbers_Set)
print(fruits_Set)
print(mixed_Set)
 
myDict = {'name': 'Kevin', 'age': 25, 'job': 'Developer'}
print(myDict)

OUTPUT

Python print sep example

By default, range function uses the empty space as the separator. However, you can override this with any of your own string. The third statement in this Python print sep example uses * as the separator between two strings Hello and World. The next statement uses — as the separator.

print("A",  "B", "C", sep = "")
print("A",  "B", "C", sep = " ")
 
print("Hello",  "World", sep = "*")
 
print('Learn',  'Python Programming', sep = "---")
 
print('Learn',  'Python', 'Programming', sep = " ")
print('Learn',  'Python', 'Programming', sep = " # ")
 
print("Hello",  "World", sep = " AAA ")
print("Hello",  "World", sep = ',,,...,,,')

OUTPUT

Python print end example

In this example, we will show you, how to use Python Print without new line. By default, the range function uses the new line as the end argument value. However, you can override it as per your requirements. The first two statement in this python print end example prints the strings in two different lines.

In the fourth statement, we used the end argument with space as the value, and the fifth statement with . as the argument value. It means, after printing the Welcome to, space will be appended. Next, the fifth print statement prints the Tutorial Gateway after that space, and the statement ends with .

print('Welcome to')
print('Tutorial Gateway')
 
print('-----')
print('Welcome to', end = ' ')
print('Tutorial Gateway', end = '.')

OUTPUT

Python Print end and sep arguments

In this Python print function arguments example, we are using both the sep argument and the end argument. From the below, print(10, 20, 30, sep = ‘ @ ‘, end = ‘ **** ‘) prints 10 20 30 separated by @ symbol and ends with ****. Similarly, print(‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, sep = ‘ , ‘, end = ‘ ##### ‘) statements prints A B C separated by comma and ends with #####

print(10, 20, 30)
print('A', 'B', 'C')
 
print(10, 20, 30, sep = ' , ')
print('A', 'B', 'C', sep = ', ')
 
print(10, 20, 30, sep = ' @ ')
print('A', 'B', 'C', sep = ' -- ')
 
print('-------------')
print(10, 20, 30, sep = ' @ ', end = ' **** ')
print('A', 'B', 'C', sep = '--', end = ' . ')
 
print()
print('A', 'B', 'C', sep = ' , ', end = '  #####  ')
print(10, 20, 30, sep = ' @ ', end = ' !!! ')

OUTPUT

This is an another other example of the Python print function arguments. Here also, we used the print function along with the separator argument, and the end argument.

For example, print(‘Number = ‘, num, sep = ‘0000’, end = ‘?\n\n\n’) prints number separated by 0000 and ends with ? and three new lines.

num = 1234
 
print('Number = ', num, sep = '****', end = '!')
 
print()
print('Number = ', num, sep = '0000', end = '.')
 
print()
print('Number = ', num, sep = '0000', end = '?\n\n\n')
 
print('Number = ', num, sep = '0000', end = '@\n')

OUTPUT

Python For Loop Print Example

You can use this print function inside the For Loop along with Range Function. By this, you can print items with in a given range. The first statement print numbers from 1 to 9.

for i in range(1, 10):
    print(i)
 
print("--------------")
for i in range(1, 10):
    print(i, end = "   ")
 
print("\n--------------")
for i in range(1, 10):
    print(i, end = " , ")

OUTPUT

Python print String Format

In this example, we are using the print function along with conversion types. Within the first print statement we used two %s in between a string follows by a tuple with variables. It means, print function will replace those two %s items with those tuple values.

Here, Python Print function uses the same order that we specified. I mean, first %s is replaced by person variable, and the second %s is replaced by name variable value. Here, print(person + ‘ is working at ‘ + name) statement is to concat three items.

name = 'Tutorial Gateway'
person = 'suresh'
year = 2019
 
print('%s is working at %s' %(person, name))
print('Copyright %s at %d' %(name, year))
 
print(person, ' is working at ', name)
print(person + ' is working at ' + name)
 
print('Copyright ', name, ' at ', year)

OUTPUT

Python Print format Example

It is an example of Python print format function. In this example, we are using the format function inside the print function. This allows us to format values as per your requirement. I suggest you to refer Python Format Function article to understand the formatting options.

name = 'Tutorial Gateway'
person = 'suresh'
year = 2019
 
print('{0} is working at {1}'.format(person, name))
print('Copyright {} at {}'.format(name, year))

OUTPUT

Special Characters in Python Print Function

The Python programming language allows you to use the special characters by using escape characters. For example, within the s1 (‘Hi there, \”How are You?\”’) we used the \ character to elapse the double quotes with in the print statement. Next, we used \ to escape ‘ (single quote) in the print(‘I Can\’t Do that’)

s = 'Hi there, "How are You?"'
s1 = 'Hi there, \"How are You?\"'
 
print(s)
print(s1)
 
print('I Can\'t Do that')
print('I Don\'t Know you')

OUTPUT

The first statement in the below code prints three new lines, and the last statement prints 5 new lines.

print(3 * "\n")
 
print("--------")
print('\n\n\n\n\n')

OUTPUT

This is same as above example. However, this time we used three empty lines in between the two strings Hi and Hello

print(3 * "\n")
 
print('-----------')
print('Hi')
print(3 * "\n")
print('Hello')

OUTPUT

In this example, we are using the New Lone, Horizontal Tab, Vertical Tab etc in between a string to show you, how they will alter the output. For example, the first statement with \n prints Hi there, in first line and How are You? in the next line.

s = 'Hi there, \nHow are You?'
s1 = 'Hi there,\tHow are You?'
s2 = 'Hi there,\vHow are You?'
s3 = 'Hi there,\fHow are You?'
s4 = 'Hi there,\rHow are You?'
 
print(s)
print(s1)
print(s2)
print(s3)
print(s4)

OUTPUT

Conversion Types in Python Print function

The following are the list conversion types that are available in the Python print function.

%c – Returns a Single character.
%d – Returns a Decimal Integer
%i – for Long integer
%u – Returns an unsigned decimal integer
%e, %E – Returns the floating point value in exponential notation.
%f – Returns the floating point value in fixed-point notation.
%g – Returns shorter value of %f and %e
%G – Returns the shorter value of %f and %E
%c – Returns a Single character
%o – Returns an Octal value
%r – Generates string with repr()
%s – Converts the value to a string using str() function.
%x, %X – Returns the Hexadecimal integer.

In this example, we are using all the available conversion types. For this, we declared few variables with numeric value, string, decimal value and a character.

value = 100000
text = 'Tutorial Gateway'
science = 1.20023456341
cr = 'u'
 
print('%d' %value)
print('%i' %value)
print('%u' %value)
print('%o' %value)
print('%x' %value)
print('%X' %value)
 
print('%f' %science)
print('%e' %science)
print('%E' %science)
 
print('%g' %science)
print('%G' %science)
 
print('%c' %cr)
print('%s is a string representation' %value)
print('%s' %text)

OUTPUT

Python print file example

In this example, we are opening a file pythonSample.txt (if exists) otherwise, it will create that text file in the default directory. Next, the print function prints the statement inside that text file.

file_name = open('pythonSample.txt', 'w')

print('Welcome to Tutorial Gateway', file = file_name)

file_name.close()

OUTPUT