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Lesson 19 of 20 · Directions & Movement
Directions & Movement — Part 8
Up, down, left, right. Turn and move. This is part 8 of 20.
What you'll learn
You will learn to read a sequence of directions as a path and understand that order matters.
Steps
- 1Read the code. It describes a path: go Up, then Right, then Down, then you reach the Goal.
- 2Directions in code work like directions in real life — the ORDER matters. Up-Right-Down is different from Right-Down-Up.
- 3Imagine you're guiding a robot through a maze. Each print() is one move. Miss a step or swap two, and the robot goes the wrong way!
- 4Coding is often about giving precise directions. Whether it's a robot, a game character, or a website — clear directions = working code.
Key Terms
- Direction
- A way to go: up, down, left, or right. In code we often list directions in order.
- Path
- A sequence of directions that show how to get from start to goal.
- Order
- Directions are followed in order. Up then Right is different from Right then Up.
Python 3
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