Python Print Variable

John on September 16, 2021

In this tutorial, we will learn how to use the Python print statement in various ways to output variables and strings.

Print Variable Basic Example

If you are using Python 3.* the print statement must contain parentheses. Let's try a basic example of printing a variable.

var_1 = 'hello.'

print(var_1)

hello.

For Python 2.* and below, print statements can be written without parentheses like this:

print var_1

You can choose whether to use parenthesis in Python 2, but in Python 3 you will get a SyntaxError without parentheses.

Multiple Variables in One Print Statement

To print multiple variables in one print() statement, concatenate them with , (commas) like this:

var_1 = 'hello. '
var_2 = 'goodbye.'

print(var_1, var_2)

hello.  goodbye.

Print Variables Inside a String

To print variables anywhere inside a string, use Python f-strings. Formatted string literals are a new feature of Python 3 and make it much easier to add variables inside strings.

To start a new f-string, use f''. Within the single quotation marks, you can add variables inside {} (curly braces).

var_1 = 'a'
var_2 = 'b'

print(f'First data: {var_1} \nSecond Data: {var_2}')

First data: a
Second Data: b