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Running a Python Program
Follow these steps to run a Python program:
Shortcut key to run the program is F5.
1 Click on Run in the Menu bar.
2 Click on Run
Module option.
The program will execute and the output will be shown in the Shell window.
Input and Output in Python
Python provides two commonly used functions input( ) and print( ) for input and output.
The input( ) Function
The input( ) function takes the user’s input while a program executes. The general syntax of
the input( ) function is as follows:
input([<prompt>])
Here, prompt is the string or message we wish to display on the screen. Example:
name = input("Enter your name: ")
>>> Enter your name: "Mohan"
The print( ) Function
The print( ) function prints or sends the output to the standard output device, which is usually a
monitor. This function auto converts the items to strings, i.e., if you try printing a numeric value,
the print( ) function will automatically convert it into equivalent string and print it. The print( )
function also introduces spaces between items automatically.
Unlike Java and C++, Python does not use brackets to delimit code; but indentation
is mandatory with Python.
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