Lesson 3: User Input and Basic String Manipulation
This lesson will teach students how to accept user input and manipulate strings. They will write a program that asks for their name and age, then displays a customized greeting. Concepts like string formatting and basic methods (upper(), lower(), strip()) will be introduced.
Introduction
Welcome to Lesson 3! Today, we’re going to make our programs talk to the user and even remember what they say! You’ll learn how to ask questions and play with words in fun ways.
🌟 What You’ll Learn:
How to get input from the user
What strings are (they’re just text!)
How to use string methods like
.upper(),.lower(), and.strip()How to make a personalised greeting program
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Summary of This Lesson
✅ How to use input() to ask questions
✅ What strings are and how to use them
✅ String methods like .upper(), .lower(), and .strip()
✅ How to use f-strings to combine text and variables
✅ How to make a personalised greeting program
Next time, we’ll dive into basic maths and operators — you’ll learn how Python adds, subtracts, multiplies and divides, and you’ll build your very own calculator! 🔢💻