can this be implemented?

[greenflame]

First I should start with some introductory comments.

When I first learned about programming, I started with BASIC, QBASIC
to be more accurate. While I was at that stage, I learned about the
INPUT command. I used it abundantly.

Ok so now for the actual issue.

I would like to implement something like the INPUT command from BASIC.
I failed to find something on the python website documentation for
beginners.

Thank you for your time.

 

[Dan Bishop]

First I should start with some introductory comments.

When I first learned about programming, I started with BASIC, QBASIC
to be more accurate. While I was at that stage, I learned about the
INPUT command. I used it abundantly.

Ok so now for the actual issue.

I would like to implement something like the INPUT command from BASIC.
I failed to find something on the python website documentation for
beginners.

var = raw_input("Enter a value for var: ")

That gives you a string; if you want a number, convert it by using the
int or float constructor.

 

[greenflame]

var = raw_input("Enter a value for var: ")

That gives you a string; if you want a number, convert it by using the
int or float constructor.

Thanks a lot! That helped a lot!

 

[Gabriel Genellina]

When I first learned about programming, I started with BASIC, QBASIC
to be more accurate. While I was at that stage, I learned about the
INPUT command. I used it abundantly.

Ok so now for the actual issue.

I would like to implement something like the INPUT command from BASIC.
I failed to find something on the python website documentation for
beginners.

This BASIC program:

INPUT "Your name"; z$
PRINT "Hello, "; z$

would be this in Python:

name = raw_input("Your name? ")
print "Hello,", name

raw_input is a built-in function, see
http://docs.python.org/lib/built-in-funcs.html#l2h-59