I was learning python as a beginner through YouTube. In the video I was following the output was shown in terminal, but not in my case. It doesn't even accept taking in data for the variable. What am I doing wrong?

the code was simply :

a = input("Enter name")
print(a)

but the output would only show the text, but wont let me type the input

CodePudding user response：

You code should be working fine. Maybe, you are trying to edit the text Enter name, which is not possible in the terminal.

Try typing the name and pressing <Enter> when the text Enter name shows up.

You can test it here:

If you install the code-runner extension and use Run Code button. You need to add the following code to your settings.json (shortcuts "Ctrl shift P" and type Preferences : Open User Settings):

"code-runner.runInTerminal": true,

By the way, read docs is a good choice.