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Python Program to Display a Welcome Message

Beginner · Basics · CBSE class 11 practical list

This is usually the first program in a Python practical file. It stores a welcome message in a variable and displays it on the screen. It shows two things almost every program does: keep a value and print output.

Program

welcome_message.py
message = "Welcome to Python programming!" # or: message = input("Enter a welcome message: ")
print("Your welcome message is:")
print(message)
print("It has", len(message), "characters.")
Output
Your welcome message is:
Welcome to Python programming!
It has 30 characters.

How it works

  1. The text is stored in a variable called message, and the comment shows the input() version that lets the user type it.
  2. Text inside quotes is a string, so Python prints it exactly as written.
  3. print() displays whatever you pass it, and each call starts on a new line.
  4. When print() gets several values separated by commas, it puts a space between them, which is how the last line mixes text with len(message).

Another way to write it

Welcome a user by name

Welcome a user by name
name = "Riya" # or: name = input("Enter your name: ")
message = "Welcome, " + name + "!"
border = "*" * (len(message) + 4)
print(border)
print("*", message, "*")
print(border)
Output
******************
* Welcome, Riya! *
******************

Joining strings with + builds the message, and "*" * n repeats a star n times to draw a border that fits it.

Try it yourself

Put your own name in message and add a line that prints the name of your school.

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