Lesson 8 of 20 · Directions & Movement

Directions & Movement — Part 8

Up, down, left, right. Turn and move.

What you'll learn

You will learn to read a sequence of directions as a path and understand that order matters.

Words to know

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.

Your turn

📋 Show the steps

Press ▶ Run and see what the computer says!

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.

Auto-run is on: change the code and the result updates by itself.

Auto-run

Output

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Which are the 4 basic directions?

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A path is:

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