Printing in Python

list of tricks for advanced output to the terminal

Created July 28th 2025 for Python 3.13.0

Default Print

import pprint as pp

Just better Pretty Print, though less supported.

Github (400 stars, last update in 2020)

Print for Debugging, automatically prints the variable being printed.

from icecream import ic
ic() # will print it's own filename and line number
ic(max(3.141,6.283)) # ic| max(3.141,6.283): 6.283

Powerful library for working with text in the terminal.

from rich.pretty import pprint
pprint(locals())

pip install rich