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Python Python Basics Meet Python Using Input

Posted by kristianburrows
kristianburrows
2,283 Points

man, I am feeling NOT smart at all... Is these a way to get more immediate help. conceptually I'm missing something...

I just can't seem to make it stick! This is a totally new environment for me.

using_input.py 
input ("What is your favorite color?")
favorite_color = input("What is your favorite color?")
favorite_color = purple
input( "The color,"favorite_color", is a great color!")

2 Answers

Daniel Santos
Daniel Santos
34,969 Points
Daniel Santos
Daniel Santos
34,969 Points

You have a syntax error, which basically means the code that you wrote is syntactically incorrect. For example, in English you wouldn't write "You am", right?

In my honest opinion, I would suggest rewatching the video. This is a very important concept to understand and would hurt you to get an answer from here :)

Daniel Santos
Daniel Santos
34,969 Points

In addition, think about what you want to do. You might want to combine multiple things together. Think about addition. The actual term is called concatenation, which is just a fancy word to say connected things. Also, do you want to print it?

kristianburrows
kristianburrows
2,283 Points
kristianburrows
kristianburrows
2,283 Points

Hi Daniel, Thank you for your answer it was vert helpful!