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Python Python Basics Meet Python Using Input

Chris Clegg
Chris Clegg
130 Points
Posted by Chris Clegg
Chris Clegg
130 Points

This keeps telling me invalid syntax but I have no idea what is going?

using_input.py 
favorite_color = input("What is your favorite color?  ") 
print("The color," favorite_color "is a great color!")

1 Answer

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,972 Points
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,972 Points

You need a means to combine your variable with the strings. One option is to use commas

favorite_color = input("What is your favorite color?  ") 
print("The color", favorite_color, "is a great color!")

another is to use the addition symbol:

favorite_color = input("What is your favorite color?  ") 
print("The color " + favorite_color + " is a great color!")
Chris Clegg
Chris Clegg
130 Points
Chris Clegg
Chris Clegg
130 Points

Thank you, of course it was something small yet so important that threw me off.