Module 5 of 15 · Step 1 of 10

User Input

input() lets a program receive a value while it runs. The Program input box supplies those values in these lessons; each line is used by the next input() call.

By the end of this lesson, you can:

Read text with input()
Understand that input returns str
Convert whole-number and decimal input
Use multiple input values in order

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input() takes one line from Program input and returns it as text. You may include a prompt in parentheses to explain the question; the browser's Program input box supplies the answer.

Pattern

name = input("Your name: ")

Code

name = input("Your name: ")
print("Hello,", name)

Output

Hello, Maya

Why it works

The input call reads Maya from Program input.
name stores that text.
print combines the greeting and name with a space.

Common mistake

Not this

name = "input()"

Try this

name = input()

Quotes make the literal text input() rather than reading a value.