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Python

Posted by Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
2,115 Points

while True:

Why did we add a ("> ") to the input?

while True: new_item = input("> ")

2 Answers

karis hutcheson
karis hutcheson
7,036 Points

The argument you pass into the input method is a prompt string. Such as:

input("Type your input:  ")

Would show up as:

Type your input:

On the command line where the user would then type something after the prompt. He had you type input("> ") only to denote to the user that this is where you'll be entering your input.

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
2,115 Points
Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
2,115 Points

Thanks I knew input() gave a prompt. But, I guess I should've ran this in CMD because in the shell there's integrated >>> which gave the illusion that nothing was being added when there was code saying new_item = input("> ")