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Getting User Input

The input() function allows a program to pause and wait for the user to type something. It always returns the input as a string.

snippet.py
python
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user_name = input("Enter your name: ")
print("Hello, " + user_name)
Breakdown
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user_name = input("Enter your name: ")
Displays a prompt and stores the user's typed response in a variable.
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print("Hello, " + user_name)
Joins the greeting with the stored name and prints it.