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Python Python Basics Meet Python Using Input

Dinmukhamed Dostemessov
Dinmukhamed Dostemessov
1,461 Points
Posted by Dinmukhamed Dostemessov
Dinmukhamed Dostemessov
1,461 Points

What is the problem here? I don't get it.

favorite_color = input("What is your favorite color?") print = ("The color", favorite_color, "is a great color!")

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

1 Answer

derekverrilli
derekverrilli
8,841 Points
derekverrilli
derekverrilli
8,841 Points

There are a couple things.

First, instead of printing the message you are assigning everything in the parentheses to the variable named "print". Remove the '=' and leave no space after 'print' to fix that.

Second, to concatenate the strings you need '+'. Replace the commas with '+' and leave spaces in the strings for the variable to fit.

favorite_color = input("What is your favorite color? ")
print("The color " + favorite_color + " is a great color!")
Dinmukhamed Dostemessov
Dinmukhamed Dostemessov
1,461 Points
Dinmukhamed Dostemessov
Dinmukhamed Dostemessov
1,461 Points

Thanks buddy! I don't understand why on earth I've put '=' after 'print', and I had no idea about those spaces.

derekverrilli
derekverrilli
8,841 Points
derekverrilli
derekverrilli
8,841 Points

No problem! Mistakes are the way to learn. Keep it up!