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

# get input

reply = input( 'Tell me a favorite word: ' )
# reply contains your favorite word in a string

print()

# compute length of word

n = len( reply ) # n stores the length of the string in reply
# len() is a function: gives it a sequence and it tells you how many elements are in the sequence
#   if the sequence is a string, it tells us how many characters there are in the string


# give feedback

print( 'Did you know that', reply, 'has length', n )
# prints out the string, the value of reply, another string, value of n