# A simple function that does nothing useful, but demonstrates
# a few things about functions.


def myMethod( myInputVar1 ):
    print "my Method started!"
    userStr = raw_input("enter a number;")
    userInt = int(userStr)
    total = userInt + myInputVar1
    print "the user entered:", userInt
    print "plus my input is:", total
    print "the type of the total var is:", type(total)