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

# get input

# input() function
    # input() function takes in a single string prompt (like a question or something asking for user input)
    # 'Please provide text: ' is the prompt!
    # The user has to provide user input and hit enter in order to proceed to the next line or code
    # The user input is stored in reply
    # The input() function waits for user input, waits for them to hit enter, and whatever they
    # typed in is assigned to reply as a STRING.
    # so reply stores 'hello world'
    # reply is just a variable! We could've named it something else and the other variable name would
    # also hold the same string from input()!

# If I just hit enter and didn't give it any input, reply is '' (empty string)

reply = input( 'Please provide text: ' )

print( 'Your reply was: ', reply )

print()

# IMPORTANT
    # print() IS NOT input()!!!
    # print() just prints it to the console
    # input() displays the text in the string BUT waits for user input to proceed
    # Not interchangable!
    # We will tell you when we want you to get user input vs. just print something

# get more input

# Now reply is reassigned to whatever the user typed the second time!

reply = input( 'Please provide more text: ' )

print( 'Your new reply was:', reply )   # reply is now whatever we typed for the second prompt