Thank you, Emile, Paul, Terry, and Joel for your suggestions! And the error persists.
Maybe my error is coming from running the old version (2.7.6) of Python, but I can’t figure out why that would be happening??? I downloaded 3.4.3 again from the Python.org website for my Mac. I inserted the "import sys" and did “print (sys.version)” into the code. So here what the code is: #!/usr/bin/env python3 import sys print (sys.version) word = input('Enter a word ') Here are the results I got below, showing the same error. The first line says, "2.7.6 (default, Sep 9 2014, 15:04:36)”. Does that mean I am running the old Python? How could that be since I am SURE I downloaded 3.4.3 (it even gives the folder name as “Python 3.4” in the Applications folder on my Mac. 2.7.6 (default, Sep 9 2014, 15:04:36) [GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 6.0 (clang-600.0.39)] Enter a word serendipity Traceback (most recent call last): File "test short.py", line 4, in <module> word = input('Enter a word ') File "<string>", line 1, in <module> NameError: name 'serendipity' is not defined Please help… BIG SMILE... Always, Dwight www.3forliving.key.to (video playlist on YouTube) www.couragebooks.key.to (all my books on Amazon) #!/usr/bin/env python3 import sys print (sys.version) word = input('Enter a word ') 2.7.6 (default, Sep 9 2014, 15:04:36) [GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 6.0 (clang-600.0.39)] Enter a word serendipity Traceback (most recent call last): File "test short.py", line 3, in <module> word = input('Enter a word ') File "<string>", line 1, in <module> NameError: name 'serendipity' is not defined On 8/2/15, 12:30 AM, "Emile van Sebille" <em...@fenx.com> wrote: >On 7/30/2015 6:22 PM, Dwight GoldWinde wrote: >> I am running Python 3.4 on my Mac mini, OS X 10.10.2, using Coderunner >>2 as >> my editor. >> >> Here¹s the code: >> #!/usr/bin/env python3 >> word = (input('Enter a word Œ)) >> >> When running this inside of Coderunner, I get the follow error, after >> entering the word Œserendipity¹: >> >> Enter a word serendipity >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "test short.py", line 2, in <module> >> word = (input('Enter a word ')) >> File "<string>", line 1, in <module> >> NameError: name 'serendipity' is not defined > >I'd look at which python is actually running (sys.version): > >Python 3.4.0 (default, Apr 11 2014, 13:05:11) >[GCC 4.8.2] on linux >Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > >>> word = (input('enter a word ')) >enter a word test > >>> >emile@emile-OptiPlex-9010:~$ python >Python 2.7.6 (default, Mar 22 2014, 22:59:56) >[GCC 4.8.2] on linux2 >Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > >>> word = (input('enter a word ')) >enter a word test >Traceback (most recent call last): > > >Emile > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > File "<string>", line 1, in <module> >NameError: name 'test' is not defined > >>> > > > >-- >https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list