HOW TO GIVE INPUT IN PYTHON

In this article, we will see how to give input in Python. If you are looking for “How to take user input in Python” or “How to input in Python” or “How to get user input in Python” or “How to read input in Python“, this article will also guide you for the same.

Python has an inbuilt input function to accept inputs from the user. Python 2 uses raw_input(prompt) function whereas python 3 uses input(prompt).

Syntax: input(prompt)

• prompt- a string, representing a default message before the input. This is not necessary.

a=input()

Input function will convert whatever you enter as input to string.

If you want to take other type of data as input we need to explicitly convert it into required data type using typecasting.