Display Text () (micro:bit block)

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This article is about the block with a string input. For the block with a special input, see Display () (micro:bit block). For the Raspberry Pi block, see Display Text () (Raspberry Pi Sense HAT block).

display text ()
display text [Hello!]:: microbit
Category	micro:bit
Type	Stack
Introduced in	3.0

The display text () block is a stack block and a micro:bit block. It is used for displaying a line of text on the 5x5 LED matrix.

When one letter is given, the letter will be statically shown and not disappear after the block has finished running.

When given text of many letters, the text will be scrolled across the display, one letter at a time. It will start and end with an empty display. It has a character limit of 19.

A limited set of characters are supported, comprising of English lowercase and uppercase letters, numbers, and some symbols. Those that are unsupported will be shown empty.

Example Uses

• Responding to button presses

when (A v) button pressed
display text [A]
when (B v) button pressed
display text [B]

• Instructing the user

when gf clicked
display text [press A to play]
wait until <(A v) button pressed?>
...