1. There are two built-in functions in Python for getting keyboard input
2. when you want to read a string a string use the "raw_input" function:

print "name has a type", type(name)

1. when you want to read numbers use the "input" function:

age = input("your age? ") print "age has a type", type(age)

print name, "says he is", age, "years old"

1. if you enter an expression using input, python evaluates it:

1. you can enter a string using input, but you have to surround it
2. with quotes

string = input("please enter a string: ") print type(string)

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"""Getting input from the user"""

1. There are two built-in functions in Python for getting keyboard input:

name = raw_input("Please enter your name: ") print name expression = input("Enter a numerical expression: ") print expression

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