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Python | input method
schedule Mar 5, 2023
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Python's input(~) method reads a line from user input, converts it to a string and returns it.
NOTE
The input(~) method will pause your program and wait for the user to enter some text.
Parameters
1. prompt | string | optional
A string to write to standard output without a trailing new line.
Return value
A string from the user input.
Examples
Basic usage
To ask the user for their name and store it to variable a:
a = input("What is your name?")# Assume the user input 'Tom'print("Hello " + a)
Hello Tom
Provide a multi-line prompt
To provide a multi-line prompt to the user:
prompt = "Hello and welcome to SkyTowner!"prompt += "\nPlease provide us with your first name so that we can customize our messages: "a = input(prompt)#Hello and welcome to SkyTowner!#Please provide us with your first name so that we can customize our messages: # Assume the user input 'Tom'print("Hello " + a)
Hello Tom
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Official Python Documentation
https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#input
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