[Tutor] dealing with user input whose value I don't know

[David]

Hello Christopher,

christopher.henk at allisontransmission.com wrote:

>  >
>  > Okay, I can ask how many number are to be added:
>  >
>  > numbers = input("How many number do you want me to calculate? ")
> 
>         you should really use raw_input to get the info from the user, 
> and then convert it to a number.
>         numbers=int(raw_input("How many number do you want me to 
> calculate? "))

Does that mean input() is obsolete (after all, Zelle's book is not the 
freshest on the shelf)? Or do they have different uses?

Thanks,

David