Readable output

301.5 Concatenation and Basic Strings

Concatenation and Basic Strings — Note 3 of 3

Write user-friendly messages.

What you need to know

Good output includes labels and context so the user understands what the values mean. Never just print a bare number — always explain what it represents.

What to know

Add labels: print("Total:", total)
Include units where appropriate
Use \n for line breaks to organise output
Use concatenation with str() for clean, readable messages

Code examples

Readable output

python

name = "Alice"
score = 87
print("Student: " + name)
print("Score: " + str(score) + "/100")
if score >= 50:
    print("Grade: Pass")
else:
    print("Grade: Fail")

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Readable output

301.5 Concatenation and Basic Strings

Practise exam questions

Concatenation and Basic Strings — Note 3 of 3

Write user-friendly messages.

What you need to know

Good output includes labels and context so the user understands what the values mean. Never just print a bare number — always explain what it represents.

What to know

Add labels: print("Total:", total)
Include units where appropriate
Use \n for line breaks to organise output
Use concatenation with str() for clean, readable messages

Code examples

Readable output

python

name = "Alice"
score = 87
print("Student: " + name)
print("Score: " + str(score) + "/100")
if score >= 50:
    print("Grade: Pass")
else:
    print("Grade: Fail")

← Previous noteStrings + Numbers301.5 Concatenation and Basic Strings Next topic →Input basics301.6 Input

Back to Concatenation and Basic Strings

Specification notes for programming are in Paper 2.