Even though my statement said enter a number, in particular, raw input here simply takes in a set of characters and treats it as a string.

即使我的陈述说的是应该输入一个数字，实际上，这里的原始输入会被当做一个字符,的集合来提取并被当做一个字符串来对待。

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Someone-- or someone had to implement, had to write a tool called printf that itself takes input between quotes and produces as output some characters on the screen.

需要有人去实现，这个printf函数,以双引号间的信息为输入,输出相应字母到屏幕上。

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Last month, Apple unveiled a host of new features tailored to Chinese users, including integrating its operating systems with Chinese Internet services and making it easier to input Chinese characters.

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On each image, the watch lets you input text and numbers, up to 24 characters with each image--so you can keep track of the names and phone numbers of people whose pictures you take, for example.

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Nokia also created a couple of handsets just for China, the 6108 and 3108, which use stylus input to handle written Chinese characters.

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