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Posted by Abdullah Jassim
Abdullah Jassim
4,551 Points

Why doesnt the lower function work for the input statement?

I got an error for the following code but it says the input is not defined. I feel my logic is right but I am not sure what im missing.

first_name = lower(input("What is your name? "))

Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points

Here a good link to lower() method documentation.

1 Answer

Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points

Hi Abdullah,

I would suggest doing it this way.

first_name = input("What is your name? ").lower()

The input method will store users input as a string object in first_name. String objects have properties like the upper() and lower() methods. You can use dot notation on the first_name instead of passing input as a parameter. Also, I am not aware of a standalone lower() method that takes a string as an input or any other parameter.

Does this answers your question?

Abdullah Jassim
Abdullah Jassim
4,551 Points

Thank you that helps.