I keep getting errors with an "if var.startswith" statement [closed]

python

I'm trying to make it so that I can input someone into console and have it set a variable to it, and every time with the if statement it gives the error

File "main.py", line 58, in <module>
    if meInput.startswith("%send"):
AttributeError: 'builtin_function_or_method' object has no attribute 'startswith'

Here's the code:

if input.startswith("%send"):
  myinput = input.split(" ", 2)[2]
  channel = client.get_channel(12324234183172)

I've tried putting it into a variable such as variable = input then changing the if statement to match the variable, but it does the same thing.

Solution 1:

Read the error message carefully! It is telling you that input is not a string, but a function — a function that would return a string if you called it, but you didn’t. Try this instead:

if input().startswith("%send"):

Note the parentheses. That is how you call a function in Python, and in most other languages.

I keep getting errors with an "if var.startswith" statement [closed]

Solution 1:

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