can a html take input

Question

html can take input from user

Answer 1

HTML can take take input... But the input data is processed by another languages(js, php)
Take input as

<input type="text" />

//</input> is not mandatory to write
This will create a simple input field
But for usage of data the field should be specific,
So

<input type="text" id="name"/>

Now this can be specifically used in Js or php using their syntax...for that you will have to learn JS or PHP

refer for more
HTML5 Forms, Part 1
https://www.sololearn.com/learn/HTML/2216/
HTML5 Forms, Part 2
https://www.sololearn.com/learn/HTML/2217/

Answer 2

HTML itself can't take user input, but JavaScript definitely can. To set a variable in JavaScript to equal the result of user input, just set a var to the function prompt():

var x = prompt("Enter a word");

From there you can do whatever you want with it.

I would suggest that after you learn HTML that you learn CSS and JavaScript just to understand how to make a pretty decent website.