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Luz Alegria
194 PointsIn using_input.py it won't let me move on and keeps switching from the color mauve to red
favorite_color=input("what is your favorite color?")
favorite_color='Mauve'
print('The color',favorite_color,'is a great color!')
7 Answers
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jayda hendrickson
3,413 PointsTry not actually setting the color to mauve or red, I think it was just an example. So, just run your first and last line of code.
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Luz Alegria
194 PointsIt worked thanks!
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jayda hendrickson
3,413 PointsNo problem!!
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Luz Alegria
194 PointsHmm it worked for me.Can I see your code?
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Anesu Antonatte Chibanda
2,238 Pointsfavorite_color = input("what is your favorite color?" ) print("The color ,favorite_color is a great color!")
i cant seem to upload a screenshot i have not any of those options
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Luz Alegria
194 PointsHave you tried doing the code but with just one quotation marks instead of 2 so it should look like input('what is your favorite color?') print('the color'favorite_color,'is a great color!')
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Anesu Antonatte Chibanda
2,238 PointsIt finally worked ! THANK YOU SOO MUCH !!
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Luz Alegria
194 PointsGlad to help!
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Zackary Overman
212 PointsWhen I enter "Red" as my favorite color variable it says, "'Mauve' not found in 'The color Red is a great color!' : Make sure you are printing out 'The color Mauve is a great color!' (Mauve is my favorite that I inputted)".
Then when I switch the variable to "Mauve" it says "Hmm...I answered the prompt with 'Red' but that's not what was in the variable favorite_color"
Am I losing my mind??
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Zackary Overman
212 PointsI figured out that if I made a line that said print('The color', favorite_color, 'is a great color!') with the variable favorite_color = 'Red' Then a fourth line that said print('The color', 'Mauve', is a great color!') It worked! just dupe it by doing both lines with the variable as red and one without the variable, but just 'Mauve'
Anesu Antonatte Chibanda
2,238 PointsAnesu Antonatte Chibanda
2,238 PointsI did exactly that but it wont execute