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Python Python Basics Meet Python Using Input

Posted by Christiian Allen
Christiian Allen
Courses Plus Student 859 Points

Not working

I am having trouble with this. First time user?

using_input.py 
favorite_color = input("What is your favorite color?")

print( "The color purple is a great choice.", favorite_color,)
print(favorite_color, "The color purple is great!")
Steven Seebode
Steven Seebode
2,631 Points
Steven Seebode
Steven Seebode
2,631 Points

Hi there, looks like you are missing the formatting in the print function and you are hard coding in the color as "purple" and not what the user has entered. Try this:

favorite_color = input("What is your favorite color?")

print("The color {} is a great choice.".format(favorite_color))

See if you can fix your second print function using format :)

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Christiian Allen
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Christiian Allen
Courses Plus Student 859 Points
Christiian Allen
Christiian Allen
Courses Plus Student 859 Points

Thank you for the help.