Question

The ________ function reads a piece of data that has been entered at the keyboard and returns that piece of data, as a string, back to the program.

Answer 1

The input function reads a piece of data that has been entered at the keyboard and returns that piece of data, as a string, back to the program. This function is designed to accept data directly from the user, Similar function is the function raw_input() used in Python programming, which asks the user for a string of data (ended with a newline), and simply returns the string.

Answer 2

Answer:

The input function reads a piece of data that has been entered at the keyboard and returns that piece of data, as a string, back to the program.

Explanation:

    To read the user entrance, the input function ()  expects that after entering the input the user presses the enter key, after which input () reads this as a string, so if the expected input is a number it must be converted using is the int () or float conversion functions () .