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Piyush Deshpande
Piyush Deshpande

Reputation: 15

how to input alphabets in python

so i want to do the same with alphabets that i did with numbers take a look

num1=int(input("enter Ist digit:"))
num2=int(input("enter IInd digit:"))
num3=int(input("enter IIIrd digit:"))
num4=int(input("enter IVth digit:"))
num5=int(input("enter Vth digit:"))

i want to enter letters instead of numbers so i changed it to

alpha1=chr(input("enter Ist letter"))

but i kept on getting the error

   alpha1=chr(input("enter Ist alphabet:"))
TypeError: an integer is required (got type str)

Upvotes: 2

Views: 6951

Answers (3)

Abhijit Pritam Dutta
Abhijit Pritam Dutta

Reputation: 5591

Python consider standard input as string and in the first case it convert the string to integer. But in the second case it will not work as it get input as string and chr(param) always expect an integer value where param should be a integer value (0-9) . So just use like below:-

alpha1=(input("enter Ist alphabet:"))[0]

Upvotes: 0

FlyingTeller
FlyingTeller

Reputation: 20472

Read the docs:

chr(i)

Return a string of one character whose ASCII code is the integer i.

and

input([prompt])

If the prompt argument is present, it is written to standard output without a trailing newline. The function then reads a line from input, converts it to a string (stripping a trailing newline), and returns that

you don't need to convert the character. What you get from input is already a string

Upvotes: 5

ferjani nasraoui
ferjani nasraoui

Reputation: 29

simply alpha1=input("enter Ist letter")

Upvotes: 0

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