Learn Python with ChatGPT: Getting User Input and Converting it to Numbers

Welcome to our beginner-friendly Python 3 tutorial series! In this video, we'll be exploring how to obtain input from users and convert it into numbers using Chat GPT.

Getting user input is an essential aspect of programming, and in Python, we have several methods to accomplish this task. We'll show you step-by-step how to use the input() function in Python to obtain user input, and then we'll dive into converting that input into numbers.

In this tutorial, we learn how to obtain input from a user using Python 3 and Jupyter Notebooks. The tutorial starts with creating a title for the notebook and then recommends using ChatGPT to generate topic ideas. Afterward, the video discusses how to ask for user input by putting the question into the parentheses and storing the answer in a variable. It is important to note that user input is always stored as a string, so it must be cast into the desired data type. The video explains that to cast a string into an integer, for example, you can use the int() function. However, if the input cannot be cast, an error will occur. To avoid crashing the program, we need to use the try and except block to handle exceptions and provide a more user-friendly error message. The tutorial concludes by showing an example of how to use try and except to handle user input errors.

Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:22 Creating a title for the notebook
0:45 Using ChatGPT to generate topic ideas
1:22 Asking for user input and storing it in a variable
2:15 Casting user input to the desired data type
3:03 Handling user input errors with try and except
4:21 Checking the data type of a variable
4:56 Handling exceptions
7:00 Using ChatGPT to understand the code
10:04 Conclusion
11:04 Extra: additional use-case to handle