Unable to view outputs on the console [user inputs & non-print function]

[sublimeviolinist]

Description

What steps will reproduce the problem?

Dear Spyder Help,

Hope this message finds you well. Currently, I've been using the Spyder software for a couple of days but have been having some teething issues with the console.

(1) It seems that unless the print() function is explicitly used, e.g. print(float(3.9)) outputs for codes such as float(3.9) do not appear on the console.
(2) Codes that require user inputs, such as the code below, do not appear on the console. Specifically, neither the prompt for user inputs nor the corresponding final output appears.

Could you kindly advise on the above please?

Best regards,
Stacey

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Sample code for point (2)

an_letters = "aefhilmnorsxAEFHLLMNORSX"
word = input("I will cheer for you! Enter a word: ")
times = int(input("Enthusiasm level (1-10): "))

i = 0
for char in word:
if char in an_letters:
print("Give me an " + char + "! " + char)
else:
print("Give me a " + char + "! " + char)
print("What does that spell?")

for i in range(times):
print(word,"!!!")

Traceback

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\subli\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\qtconsole\base_frontend_mixin.py", line 138, in _dispatch
    handler(msg)
  File "C:\Users\subli\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\spyder\plugins\ipythonconsole\widgets\debugging.py", line 278, in _handle_input_request
    return super(DebuggingWidget, self)._handle_input_request(msg)
  File "C:\Users\subli\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\qtconsole\frontend_widget.py", line 512, in _handle_input_request
    self._readline(msg['content']['prompt'], callback=callback, password=msg['content']['password'])
  File "C:\Users\subli\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\qtconsole\console_widget.py", line 2422, in _readline
    self._show_prompt(prompt, newline=False, separator=False)
TypeError: _show_prompt() got an unexpected keyword argument 'separator'

Versions

• Spyder version: 5.1.5
• Python version: 3.9.12
• Qt version: 5.9.7
• PyQt5 version: 5.9.2
• Operating System: Windows 10

Dependencies

# Mandatory:
atomicwrites >=1.2.0          :  1.4.0 (OK)
chardet >=2.0.0               :  4.0.0 (OK)
cloudpickle >=0.5.0           :  2.0.0 (OK)
cookiecutter >=1.6.0          :  1.7.3 (OK)
diff_match_patch >=20181111   :  20200713 (OK)
intervaltree >=3.0.2          :  3.1.0 (OK)
IPython >=7.6.0               :  8.2.0 (OK)
jedi >=0.17.2;<0.19.0         :  0.18.1 (OK)
jsonschema >=3.2.0            :  4.4.0 (OK)
keyring >=17.0.0              :  23.4.0 (OK)
nbconvert >=4.0               :  6.4.4 (OK)
numpydoc >=0.6.0              :  1.2 (OK)
paramiko >=2.4.0              :  2.8.1 (OK)
parso >=0.7.0;<0.9.0          :  0.8.3 (OK)
pexpect >=4.4.0               :  4.8.0 (OK)
pickleshare >=0.4             :  0.7.5 (OK)
psutil >=5.3                  :  5.8.0 (OK)
pygments >=2.0                :  2.11.2 (OK)
pylint >=2.5.0;<2.10.0        :  2.9.6 (OK)
pyls_spyder >=0.4.0           :  0.4.0 (OK)
pylsp >=1.2.2;<1.3.0          :  1.2.4 (OK)
pylsp_black >=1.0.0           :  None (OK)
qdarkstyle =3.0.2             :  3.0.2 (OK)
qstylizer >=0.1.10            :  0.1.10 (OK)
qtawesome >=1.0.2             :  1.0.3 (OK)
qtconsole >=5.1.0             :  5.3.0 (OK)
qtpy >=1.5.0                  :  2.0.1 (OK)
rtree >=0.9.7                 :  0.9.7 (OK)
setuptools >=49.6.0           :  61.2.0 (OK)
sphinx >=0.6.6                :  4.4.0 (OK)
spyder_kernels >=2.1.1;<2.2.0 :  2.1.3 (OK)
textdistance >=4.2.0          :  4.2.1 (OK)
three_merge >=0.1.1           :  0.1.1 (OK)
watchdog >=0.10.3             :  2.1.6 (OK)
zmq >=17                      :  22.3.0 (OK)

# Optional:
cython >=0.21                 :  0.29.28 (OK)
matplotlib >=2.0.0            :  3.5.1 (OK)
numpy >=1.7                   :  1.21.5 (OK)
pandas >=1.1.1                :  1.4.2 (OK)
scipy >=0.17.0                :  1.7.3 (OK)
sympy >=0.7.3                 :  1.10.1 (OK)

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