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The Tell block

Show a message · in code: Printing Output

What it does

Shows a message in the Output tab.

Use it for

Greeting the user, showing a result, explaining what happened.

What to fill in

Message: What to show. Words go in "double quotes". Maths and value names go outside them.

Try it

Open it in the editor, press Run, then change it and run it again.

ExampleWords and maths Try it

Start
Tell "Welcome to B4Coder!"
Tell 2 + 3
Tell "2 + 3"
End

It showsWelcome to B4Coder!52 + 3

1print("Welcome to B4Coder!")2print(2 + 3)3print("2 + 3")

Tips

Inside quotes, things are shown exactly as typed: "2 + 3" shows 2 + 3. Outside quotes, B4Coder works it out: 2 + 3 shows 5.
Join words and values with +, like "You are " + age.

See it in use

Examples with the Tell block

Challenges that need it

Learn it in lesson 1What is a program?

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