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Understanding the Code

Understanding the Code

Let’s go over each line of a basic Hello World program in Dart.

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Overview

Just to refresh our minds, let’s take a look at the code for our Hello World application.

Dart
main() {
  // Printing the text 'Hello World'
  print("Hello World");
}

The Print Statement

On line 3 of the program, we are using a print statement which prints the text Hello World. print() is used to display the output of the code on the console. It follows this syntax:

print( Insert what you want to print here )

Since Hello World is text, to be able to print it, we need to enclose it in ...