The Ask block

Ask the user for input · in code: User Input

What it does

Asks the user a question, waits for their answer, and keeps the answer in a value.

Question: What to ask. Type it normally, no quotes needed. To put a value in it, write it like a Tell message: "How old are you, " + name + "?".
Store the answer in: The name of the value to keep the answer in, like name or age.
They type: Anything, A number, A whole number or Words. If they type something that doesn't fit (like abc for an age, or 42 for a name), they're asked again.

Open it in the editor, press Run, then change it and run it again.

ExampleSay hello Try it

You typeAshaIt showsHello Asha!

1name = input("What is your name? ")2print("Hello " + name + "!")

If the answer looks like a number, like 12, it's kept as a number, so you can do maths with it.
Anything else, like Asha, is kept as text.

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