Print Statements

We'll write a very basic C statement which displays some text on the screen. Let's begin.

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For our first step into the vast world of C, we will start by writing a simple print statement. We use such a statement any time we want to display something on the console.

C uses the printf command to output whatever data we have.

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printf is part of the C library which contains many other useful functions as well. It is a standard practice to include the library into your code. This can be done by typing #include <stdio.h> at the top of your code.

Now, on to the main part of the lesson. Let’s print “Hello World” in our console:

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