Hello, please post in plain text (not html) in future. Also you should mention what version of Python you're using as it makes a dfference in this case.
Thank you, I am using Python 3.3.0 As for the HTML ... I copied the code from the Python Shell - should I post code as a screenshot? Would that resolve that issue you mentioned? In Python 3 you should use input(). In Python 2 you should use raw_input(). I'm guessing that you're using Python 2. In Python 2 the input() function tries to evaluate whatever the user types in as if it was Python code. Since Rafael is not a defined variable it fails. The fix is to use raw_input() which just returns a string. I am not sure I understand. "Rafael" is the user's in put, and that value is assigned to the variable "name". I made sure only a string is accepted as input name = (str(input("What's your name?")) Can you clarify? Thank you in advance. On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benja...@gmail.com>wrote: > On 19 May 2013 14:04, Rafael Knuth <rafael.kn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > Hello, please post in plain text (not html) in future. Also you should > mention what version of Python you're using as it makes a dfference in > this case. > > > > > here's a tiny little program I wrote: > > > > import random > > > > print(""" > > > > This is a magic super computer. > > > > He will ask you a couple of questions. > > > > An ultra-complicated algorithm will then figure out what your favorite > meal > > is. > > > > """) > > > > name = str(input("What is your name? ")) > > In Python 3 you should use input(). In Python 2 you should use > raw_input(). I'm guessing that you're using Python 2. In Python 2 the > input() function tries to evaluate whatever the user types in as if it > was Python code. Since Rafael is not a defined variable it fails. The > fix is to use raw_input() which just returns a string. > > An alternative fix is to write > > input = raw_input > > at the top of your script. That way you won't need to change anything > else to have it work with Python 3. In fact if you write it like this > > try: > input = raw_input > except NameError: > pass > > then it will work in both Python 2 and 3. > > > Here's the error message I am getting: > > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "/home/rafael/Documents/3_Tufcik.py", line 13, in <module> > > name = str(input("What is your name? ")) > > File "<string>", line 1, in <module> > > NameError: name 'Rafael' is not defined > > > Oscar >
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