Unable to get simple string to print correctly

Question

We have an assignment to create a code where there is user input and it should print out like this.

What is your name? Amanda
How old are you? 2005

Hello Amanda! You were born in 2005.

My Code:

user_name = input('What is your name?')
user_age = int(input('How old are you?'))
birth_year = (2021 - user_age)
print()
print('Hello', user_name, '!', 'You were born in', birth_year, '.')

My Output:
What is your name?'nikki'
How old are you?'27'
()
('Hello', 'nikki', '!', 'You were born in', 1994, '.')

Process finished with exit code 0

I can't figure out how to get the parentheses to not go around the output print string. I am doing everything we were taught so super confused. I also have to enter the input in '' or else it won't work.I've tried separating the string into two separate print strings. That didn't work. Also tried changing the commas to + which was even more of an error.

Cannot reproduce. I don't get `()` in my output with your code. — not_speshal, Sep 11 '21 at 22:08
What strange version of Python are you running? Here both Python 2 (obsolete, don't use) and Python 3 (precisely 3.9.7 on Fedora Linux 34) give what you expect. — vonbrand, Sep 11 '21 at 22:08
You're using Python 2 (which is quite old). Is that on purpose? — John Gordon, Sep 11 '21 at 22:18
No I am just learning Python and had no idea I was even using it. First class ever in coding so doing my best to learn. — nycmcc, Sep 11 '21 at 22:24

lqc · Accepted Answer · 2021-09-11T22:12:00.063

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Looks like you are using Python 2.x by accident instead of Python 3.x.

In Python 2, print is a keyword instead of function, so print () prints an empty tuple.

Also in Python 2 input() evaluates user's input as a Python expression. To read a string, you had to use raw_input(). In Python 3 input() does what raw_input() did.

edited Sep 11 '21 at 22:12

answered Sep 11 '21 at 22:09

lqc

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Python 2 works fine. – vonbrand Sep 11 '21 at 22:09
The example given is clearly intended for Python 3 - why would you ever write int(input()) in Python 2. – lqc Sep 11 '21 at 22:12
figured out how to change it to Python 3 and it works perfect now, thank you so much for the help! – nycmcc Sep 11 '21 at 22:20

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