Rafael Knuth wrote:
> Thank you, I am using Python 3.3.0
[Oscar]
> 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.
[Rafael]
> 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.
As Oscar says you are invoking your script with Python 2. Python 2's input()
function evals user input as a Python expression. For example if you run a
script
print input("your input please: ")
and you type
1 + 1
the script will print
2
Likewise if you type
Rafael
the script will look up the value of a variable named Rafael. This doesn't
exist and therefore you get an exception.
But this is all a distraction -- how exactly are you invoking what you think
is Python 3.3.0? What is your operating system?
If you are using Linux or OSX open a terminal window and try to run your
script from that terminal window with
python3.3 ~/Documents/3_Tufcik.py
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