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

# get input

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

# we don't know how the input() function works, but it probably uses print()
# we just know that it'll take whatever is typed and store it into reply

print() # blank line to maintain readability :)

# compute length of word

n = len( reply ) # this is a built in function that will compute how many characters
# there are in the string - includes spaces, punctuation, etc.
# n is a commonly used short variable, especially for numbers

# give feedback

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

# could we code without built in functions? probably but we choose to love ourselves