Practice Looping For Valid Input (27.1.3) - Standard input and output - Data Structures and Algorithms in Python
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Looping for Valid Input

Practice - Looping for Valid Input

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What does the input() function do in Python?

💡 Hint: Think about what happens when you type something and press enter.

Question 2 Easy

What type of data does input() always return?

💡 Hint: Remember the nature of user input.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What is the purpose of the input() function in Python?

To output data to the screen
To receive user input
To create a loop

💡 Hint: Reflect on how users provide data to a program.

Question 2

True or False: Input from the input() function is always a number.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about what happens when you input numerical data.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Create a program that asks users for their age, handles invalid input, and calculates their age in days.

💡 Hint: Think through how you would convert years to days.

Challenge 2 Hard

Develop a user-friendly program that repeatedly asks for numeric input until a valid input is received, printing a friendly message before and after input.

💡 Hint: Consider how to keep the user engaged while they input their data.

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