how to write only str in user defined input in python code example

Example 1: 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 !).

Example 2: how to print the 3erd character of an input in python

exampleString = "This is an example sentence"
print(exampleString[2])