print() Function: Go Beyond the Basics - Basic Usage; String Formatting Styles; sep, end, and flush @realpython
print() Function: Go Beyond the Basics - Basic Usage; String Formatting Styles; sep, end, and flush  @realpython
Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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This is a preview of the video course, "The Python print() Function: Go Beyond the Basics". If you’re like most Python users, including us, then you probably started your Python journey by learning about print(). It helped you write your very own Hello World one-liner. You can use it to display formatted messages onto the screen and perhaps find some bugs. But if you think that’s all there is to know about Python’s print(), then you’re missing out on a lot!

Keep reading to take full advantage of this underappreciated little function. This course will get you up to speed with using Python print() effectively. Prepare for a deep dive as you go through the sections. You may be surprised how much print() has to offer!

This is a portion of the complete course, which you can find here: realpython.com/courses/python-print

And the original text tutorial is here: realpython.com/python-print

The rest of the course covers:
- Exercise: Print a Row as CSV
- Printing to File Streams
- Exercise: Print Lines to a File
- Custom Data Types
- Exercise: Customize How an Object Prints
- Python 2's print vs Python 3's print()
- Pretty Print
- ANSI Escape Sequences
- Simple Animation
- Mocking print() in Unit Tests
- Debugging via print()
- The Python print() Function (Quiz)


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