[Tutor] how to accept an integer?

[Eric Brunson]

Mahesh N wrote:
> I dun understand the mistake. My aim is to accept an integer number. 
> The python lookup in IDLE asks for a string object but the interpreter 
> returns with the following error message. Some one pls explain.
> Thank You
>
> PS : I understand that i can do type conversion after getting input 
> thru raw_input(). But how does input() function work?

Did you read this?

http://docs.python.org/lib/built-in-funcs.html#l2h-40

What do you not understand about it?

>
> >>> prompt="temme a number\n"
> >>> speed =input(prompt)
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<pyshell#56>", line 1, in <module>
>     speed =input(prompt)
> TypeError: 'str' object is not callable
> >>> speed =input("temme a number\n")
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<pyshell#57>", line 1, in <module>
>     speed =input("temme a number\n")
> TypeError: 'str' object is not callable
>
>
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