[Tutor] Calculator functions part II

ak@silmarill.org ak@silmarill.org
Thu, 21 Jun 2001 00:43:50 -0400


On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 09:13:04PM -0700, Josh Gregorio wrote:
> Here is what I did:
> 
> a = input("First number" )
> b = input("Second number" )
> answer = a * b
> print "The answer is %d " % (answer)
> 
> This worked on my box. Was there a reason to use raw_input? 
> 
> Josh

input() executes results so if you make a typo it may mess up your program
or even delete files (that'd be quite a typo though). Also, it may be a security
threat.

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