Python Projects for Beginners a ten-Week Bootcamp Approach to Python Programming

CHALLENGE QUESTION

This week’s challenge is to test your ability to read code. I want you to read the code block and think about whether it will work or not. If you believe it will not work, I want you to make a note of why it won’t. It’s important to be able to both read and write:
>>> print('{} is my favorite sport'.format(element))
>>> element = 'Football'
After you’ve written down your answer, go ahead and run the code within a cell. If your answer was incorrect, try to analyze where you why. The answer will be at the end of this chapter.

© Connor P. Milliken 2020
C. P. Milliken, Python Projects for Beginners, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5355-7_3
ChApTer 3 User InpUT And CondITIonAls
Monday: User Input and Type Converting
In today’s lesson we’ll introduce the ability to interact with the user and a concept called type conversion. These will be necessary to understand how to build the calculator at the end of the week.
To follow along with the content for today, let’s open up Jupyter Notebook from our
“python_bootcamp” folder. Once it’s open, create a new file, and rename it to “Week_03.” Next, make the first cell markdown that has a header saying: “User Input & Type Converting.” We’ll begin working underneath that cell.

Accepting User Input

In many programs we’ll be creating, you’ll need to accept user input. To do so, we need to use the input() function. Like the print function, input will print the string inside of the parenthesis, but it will also create a box for the user to enter information. Let’s look at an example:

# accepting and outputting user input print( input("What is your name? ") )

Go ahead and run that cell. You’ll notice that the cell will output whatever you write within the box. When the interpreter comes across the input function, it will pause until enter is pressed.
Note Information entered is taken into the program as a string.