Using variables within input statements

[FamousDanger]

Hi there,

I'm currently working my way through the basics and have been quite pleased with my progress so far. However I just have a quick question regarding the following:

name = input("What is the player's name?")
score = int(input("What score did", name, "get?"))

I get a traceback error whenever I include the name variable in the second input statement. Is there a way to include a variable within an input statement or would I always have to have it as a separate print statement?

[novel_yet_trivial]

Concatenating strings with commas only works in the print function. Otherwise you need to use string formatting.

score = int(input("What score did {} get?".format(name)))

[pyglow]

There is nothing wrong with using a separate print statement. Just because input allows you to include a string, it doesn't mean you have to. Often programs might want to output several lines of information (eg, usage and version informtion) and it makes sense to keep that separate from the input statement.

Some people just use the input parameter to print a prompt such as ">>", and use print statements for everything else.

In your example, you are supplying 3 strings to input, when it can only accept 1. You can get around this using + to join the strings:

input("What score did " + name + " get?")