How to take input from the console in python

This tutorial is on How to take input from the console in python. Console (also called Shell) is basically a command line interpreter(CLI) that takes input from the user i.e one command at a time and interprets it. A Python Console looks like this.

The python console is the three greater than symbols. >>>

Input from Console

To take input from the user we make use of a python built-in function input(). We can also typecast this input to integer, float, or string by specifying the input() function.

integer

number1 = int(input())
# 10
number2 = int(input())
# 20

print(number1 + number2)

Output:
30

float

number1 = float(input())
# 10
number2 = float(input())
# 20

print(number1 + number2)

Output :
30.0

string

string = str(input())
# Taking input from console in python

print(string)

Output:
Taking input from console in python