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JCJG
JCJG

Reputation: 1

How do I get a user inputted variable into a sentence?

I need to insert firstnoun into the sentence "The [firstnoun] went to the lake.", where firstnoun is user inputted.

This is sort of what I have so far:

firstnoun = input("Enter your first noun here: ")

I need it to print:

The [firstnoun] went to the lake.

How do I do this? I tried doing

print("The" (print(firstnoun)) "went to the lake.")

and variations thereof, but none of that is working. I hope the question is clear enough.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 6984

Answers (3)

Hamatti
Hamatti

Reputation: 1220

Looking at the python docs, you can find multiple ways.

firstnoun = input("Enter your first noun here:")

print("The " + firstnoun + " went to the lake")
print("The %s went to the lake" % firstnoun)
print("The {} went to the lake".format(firstnoun))

or even using format with keywords

    print("The {noun} went to the lake".format(noun=firstnoun))

Upvotes: 4

khampson
khampson

Reputation: 15356

You need to interpolate the value.

Here's a general example to show the concept which you can then apply to your homework:

x = "foo"

print("The word is {0}".format(x))

Also, no, a main function is not necessary.

Upvotes: 0

Óscar López
Óscar López

Reputation: 236140

Use string concatenation to build the output you wish:

print("The " + firstnoun + " went to the lake.")

For more advanced formatting, use format():

print("The {0} went to the lake.".format(firstnoun))

Upvotes: 1

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