A Python 3 Demo of Asking the User To Input An Int

ask_int.py

# This script is a demonstration of asking the user to enter an
# int in Python 3

# ask the user to enter an int
string = input("Please enter an int: ")

# the function input() returns a str we need to convert it to be an int
n = int(string)

# echo the int back to the user
print("You entered: %d" % (n))