''' Purpose: demonstrate string acquisition (the getting of input)
'''

# get input
# Whatever we type after the prompt "Tell me what is on your mind: " is
# going to be stored in reply. So if we type "fluttering butterflies"
# reply stores the user input "fluttering butterflies"

reply = input( 'Tell me what is on your mind: ' )

print()
# Sooo what's with the + in the strings? That's concatenation!
# Concatenation is when you glue strings together so that it can
# form one big string with different string pieces. :)
# The first and last part are string literals but reply is a variable
# that stores a string so since all three are strings, we can glue em together
# Notice how we made one big string prompt_for_more_info
# as the single string prompt we pass into the input statement as our big prompt.

prompt_for_more_info = 'Hmmm. Why is -- ' + reply + ' -- on your mind: '

reply = input( prompt_for_more_info )
# If you want to print something, you use the print() function.
# BUT if you want to prompt for something (aka want user input),
# use the input() function! Both display things to the console as output right?
# But one of them (input) waits for the user to type something and hit
# enter before proceeding. They are NOT interchangable. We will
# ask you to prompt for something vs. just flat out print it out.

print()

response = 'Oh? I wish we had more time to chat. So long.'

print( response )