what does the input function do to a string

Question

When I use: print( input ("numbers: ") )

enter 5 for input

returns: numbers: 5

would this mean that the input function just adds on (the user inputted number) as a string to the existing string?

this won't make sense with the next example though:

print( float (input("Enter a number: ")))

user inputs 5

print( float ("Enter a number: "+"5") ) explain please because that string can't be converted into a float

Answer 1

input("numbers:") asks the user for input, using the prompt "numbers:" which is printed on the console. The only thing it actually returns is what the user entered. This can be seen easily when saving the input to a new variable.

x = input("numbers:")

print("You entered the number", x)

This prints:

numbers:You entered the number 5

...to the console. This shows that "numbers" is not a part of the string that is set to x. Hope this helps.