getting input in python 2 code example

Example 1: how to receive input from user in python

var = input("text: ")

Example 2: python input variable

# if you want to ask the user to input anything, use the keyword "input".

a = input("How old are you") # the user will be prompted to answer the question.

#The answer is stocked into a (which is here a string and not an int !).