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Python Python Basics Meet Python Using Input

Posted by Kyle Weidner
Kyle Weidner
110 Points

I'm confused by the second part of this last input question? What should the code say?

using_input.py 
favorite_color=input('purple')
input ('what is your favorite color?')
favorite_color= input ('what is your favorite color?')
print('the color (purple) is a great color!' )
Reggie Williams
Reggie Williams
Treehouse Teacher
Reggie Williams
Reggie Williams
Treehouse Teacher

Hey Kyle Weidner nice start. The code should use the variable you created to print out the value the user inputs. You can separate your string and variable values using commas like this : 

print("first part of sentence", variable, "end of sentence")

1 Answer

frankgenova
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frankgenova
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 15,616 Points
frankgenova
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frankgenova
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 15,616 Points

There are a couple of ways to 'interpolate' a string variable.

favorite_color = input("What is your favorite color?")
# all of the following print statements are equivalent
# print("The color",favorite_color,"is a great color!")
# print("The color {} is a great color!".format(favorite_color))
print(f"The color {favorite_color} is a great color!")