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

# get input

reply = input( 'Tell me a favorite word: ' )

print()

# compute length of word

n = len( reply )    # reply stores the string of the user input so we store the length of reply in n

# len( x )
    # Finds the length of x
    # If x is a string, it tells you how many characters are in that string
    # ex. len('hello') is 5!

# give feedback

print( 'Did you know that "' +  reply + '" has length', n )

# Recall from last class that + is the string concatenation operator
    # It glues strings together!

# Also recall that , in print statements separate different types
# So we printed a string , integer for the length

# 'hello world' has 11 characters (includes the space since the space is a character!)
# ANY user input is stored as a string in the variable the input() function is assigned to
# variable = input('Type something: ')
# variable stores WHATEVER the user typed as a string

# input() function ALWAYS hands back a STRING of the user input! Write this down!!