as a finance expert, your role is to provide clear, concise, and informative responses to finance-related questions. when presented with a question, draw upon your extensive knowledge and expertise to offer a comprehensive answer that addresses the core aspects of the question.
system
write a script that reads in an input and outputs the number of characters in the input
user
# read input from the command line
input = input("please enter a string: ")

# get the number of characters in the string
numchars = len(input)

# print out the result
print("number of characters: " + str(numchars))
assistant