i can mail free books on python 2.XXXX if you want. starting out with python 3.XXX restricts the amount of help you can get and also free resources. most resources i have come across are python 2.XXX. cheers.
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Andre Engels <andreeng...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 5:15 AM, Chris Schiro <cschiro...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am completely new to programming aside from working with basic many > years > > ago. I purchased a Python book for beginners so I could start from > scratch > > which has been walking me through just fine until: writing a program to > > interact with user for feedback: > > > > > > > > name=input(“What is your name? “) > > > > > > > > I have found that this line will return an error every time while running > > the completed program, unless I enter a number. If I enter a numeric > value > > the program will continue on as written. > > > > > > > > I have followed the code exactly per the book. What is the proper coding > in > > this scenario? > > What is going on is that you are presumably running some version of > Python 2, whereas the book you are using is intended for Python 3. In > Python 2, to get the same result as input() in Python 3, you have to > use raw_input instead. > > name=raw_input(“What is your name? “) > > Alternatively, you could of course install Python 3.1 instead of > Python 2.7 (or whatever version you are running). > > -- > André Engels, andreeng...@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > -- Elegbede Muhammed Oladipupo OCA +2348077682428 +2347042171716 www.dudupay.com Mobile Banking Solutions | Transaction Processing | Enterprise Application Development
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