The **`print()`** and **`println()`** methods in Java are used to print text on the console for the user to see. Both of these methods are identical in terms of functionality except for one minor difference that will be highlighted below. But first, let's have a look at each function individually.

# 1 .  `print()`

The `print()` method has various overloaded forms that take different data types as parameters; hence, the `print()` method can print strings, integers, floats, objects, and other supported data types in Java.

> `print()` keeps the cursor at the end of the text after printing; the next print takes place from there.

class PrintDemo {
    public static void main( String args[] ) {
        System.out.print("Hello! ");
        System.out.print("I work at Educative.");
    }
}

# 2 .  `println()`

`println()` has the same overloaded forms as `print()` and is, thus, able to deal with several supported data types. `println()` is only different from `print()` in the way that `println()` shifts the cursor on the console to the beginning of the next line when it is done printing. This is why, in `println()`, the subsequent print is printed in the next line. Have a look at the difference below:


class PrintlnDemo {
    public static void main( String args[] ) {
        System.out.println("Hello! ");
        System.out.println("I work at Educative.");
    }
}

print and println in Java

The print() method prints text without adding a new line, whereas println() moves the cursor to the next line after printing.

print and println in Java

1 . print()

2 . println()

1 . `print()`

2 . `println()`