name='''In the following program, we shall prompt the user to enter his name. input() function does print the prompt message to console and waits for the user to enter input.\nPython Program:'''
#read string from user
firstname=input('Enter your first name:')
print('Hello',firstname,sep=':',end='<:p>')
'''
input() function returns what you have provided as input in the console and you can assign it to a variable. In the above program, we have assigned input() function to a variable. As a result, you can access the string value entered by the user using this variable.
'''