0305

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= Print Text and Variables=

In the [[0305|previous lesson]] you asked the user to type his name, then you printed it back out for him. 

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input "What is your name? "; name$
print name$
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You can make this seem a little more friendly by adding a message when you print the **name$** variable. 

You can "add" two pieces of text together by using the **+** symbol. It works whether the text is in quotation marks or contained in string variables. Here is some code that uses **+** to display two separate pieces of text.

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print "Liberty " + "BASIC"
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It's just that easy! Now you can greet your program's user by name. Type this code into the Liberty BASIC editor and run it to see the result.

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input "What is your name? "; name$
print "It's nice to meet you, " + name$
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Liberty BASIC also lets you use the semicolon symbol to add pieces of text together. The semicolon looks like this. **;** It works in exactly the same way as the **+** symbol. This code does the same thing as the previous code.

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input "What is your name? "; name$
print "It's nice to meet you, " ; name$
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