Python input() Method

The python input() method allows users to take input and store the imputed value in a variable as a string.

The syntax of input() method is:

input(prompt)

Python input() Method Parameters

The input() method takes only one optional argument:

• prompt (Optional) - a setting that represents a message before the input. (By default, it will take input as a string.

Let’s see the same example of the input() method in python.

Example 1: How to use the input() method in python?

# Taking input from a user without any message

user_Input = input()

print("The inputted value is:", user_Input)

Output:

Python
The inputted value is: Python

Example 2: Input() method with prompt message.

# Taking input from the user with a message

user_Input = input("Enter anything:")

print("The inputted value is:", user_Input)

The output will be as follow:

Enter anything: Python
The inputted value is: Python

In the above program, we can see that when we run the program is returning a prompt, and in the same line, we can input the value, and after that, it is storing it in the user_Input variable.

The input() will automatically take input as a string, but we can use int() and float() to take input as in an integer and float.

Example 3: Taking input as integer and float in input() method.

# Taking input in integer and float

user_Input = int(input("Enter anything:"))

print("The inputted value is:", user_Input)
print(type(user_Input))


user_Input = float(input("Enter anything:"))

print("The inputted value is:", user_Input)
print(type(user_Input))

The output will be as follows.

Enter anything:25
The inputted value is: 25
<class 'int'>
Enter anything:25
The inputted value is: 25.0
<class 'float'>

This is how you can take input from users into different data types.

Rules of input() method

• The input() method reads a line from the input (usually from the user), converts the line into a string by removing the trailing newline, and returns it.

• If EOF is read, it raises an EOFError exception.