The **`input()` function** in Python allows the user to give ​input from the console.

When a compiler encounters the `input()` function, the program pauses for the user to give input and then the remaining code executes.
   
Below is an example of a code where the user is asked a question and the code is executed based on the user's response.

Click on the `>_ STDIN` button and write your answer to the quest in the *stdin* block that pops below. 

> Running the code below without the input will generate an​ error.

print('What is 2+2 equal to?')
x = input()
if x==4:
  print(str(x) + ' is the correct answer!')
else:
  print(str(x) +' is the wrong answer!')

How to take input in Python

<input() in Python pauses code for user input from console, then resumes execution based on input.