Printing Multiple Values

Part of the Fundamentals section of Coddy's Lua journey — lesson 28 of 90.

Sometimes you need to display multiple pieces of information on the same line. Instead of using separate print() calls, Lua allows you to print multiple values with a single print() statement by separating them with commas.

name = "Alex"
score = 250
print(name, score)  -- Output: Alex    250

When you separate values with commas inside print(), Lua automatically adds a tab space between each item. This creates clean, organized output without needing to manually format the spacing.

level = 5
health = 100
mana = 75
print("Stats:", level, health, mana)  -- Output: Stats:    5    100    75

Challenge

Easy

Create variables for a player's game statistics and display them together on a single line. Create a variable called playerName and assign it the value "Phoenix". Create a variable called currentScore and assign it the value 2850. Use a single print() statement to display both the player's name and score on the same line, separated by Lua's automatic tab spacing.

Cheat sheet

To print multiple values on the same line, separate them with commas inside print():

name = "Alex"
score = 250
print(name, score)  -- Output: Alex    250

Lua automatically adds tab spacing between comma-separated values:

level = 5
health = 100
mana = 75
print("Stats:", level, health, mana)  -- Output: Stats:    5    100    75

Try it yourself

-- TODO: Write your code here

Test yourself

This lesson includes a short quiz. Start the lesson to answer it and track your progress.

All lessons in Fundamentals

1Introduction

The Language Hello World!Comments

4Operators 2 Relational & Logic

Equality Operators Relational Operators The 'and' Operator The 'or' Operator The 'not' Operator Short-Circuit Evaluation Truthy and Falsy Values Recap - Simple Logic

7Basic Conditional Logic

The if-then Statement The if-then-else Statement The elseif Statement Recap - Treasure Chest

10Tables Part 1: List-Style

What is a Table?Creating a Table Accessing Elements by Index Modifying Elements by Index The Length Operator '#'table.insert()table.remove()Recap - Manage Party Members

13Project: Simple Potion Shop

Project Setup Adding a Potion

Displaying the Inventory

Calculating Total Stock Value

Finding a Specific Potion

Selling a Potion

2Variables and Data Types

What is a Variable?Numbers Strings Booleans The Value 'nil'The type() Function Naming Conventions Recap - Character Profile

5Basic Output

Printing Literals Printing VariablesPrinting Multiple ValuesCombining Strings & Variables The tostring() Function Input Cast Recap - Status Report Recap - Till 120

8String Manipulation Basics

string.len()string.upper & string.lower string.sub()string.rep()string.find()Recap - Format Username

11Tables 2: Dictionary-Style

Key-Value Pairs Creating Dictionary-Style Tabl Accessing - Bracket Notation Accessing with Dot Notation Adding and Modifying Pairs Removing Pairs with nil Recap - Item Properties

14Variable Scope

Global Variables Local Variables Why Use Local Variables?Scope and Blocks Recap - Scope Puzzle

3Operators 1 Arithmetic & Conc

Arithmetic Operators Modulo Operator Exponentiation Operator String Concatenation Operator Precedence Recap - Simple Calculations

6Project: Character Stats Disp

Welcome Message Declare Character Stats

Display Basic Stats

Add a Boolean Flag

Final Summary

9Functions Basics

Declaring a Function Calling a Function Functions with Parameters Functions with Multiple Params The 'return' Statement Recap - Area Calculator

12Loops Basics

The while Loop The repeat-until Loop The Numeric for Loop for Loop with a Step The 'break' Statement Recap - Countdown

15Final Challenges

Recap - Player Turn Recap - Simple Database Recap - Sum of Even Numbers