[Tutor] Input() is not working as expected in Python 3.1

[Wayne Werner]

On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Yaraslau Shanhin <
yaraslau.shanhin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> I am working with Python tutorial in wiki and one of the exercises is as
> follows:
>
> Ask the user for a string, and then for a number. Print out that string,
> that many times. (For example, if the string is hello and the number is 3 you
> should print out hellohellohello.)
>
> Solution for this exercise is:
>
> text = str(raw_input("Type in some text: "))
> number = int(raw_input("How many times should it be printed? "))print (text * number)
>
>
>
> Since in Python raw_input() function was renamed to input() according to PEP 3111 <http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3111/> I have respectively updated this code to:
>
>
> text = str(input("Type in some text: "))
>
>
This str() is redundant - input returns a string by default.


>
> number = int(input("How many times should it be printed? "))print (text * number)
>
>
>
> However when I try to execute this code in Python 3.1 interpreter error message is generated:
>
>
> Type in some text: some
> How many times should it be printed? 3
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "test4.py", line 2, in <module>
>     number = int(input("How many times should it be printed? "))
> ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'How many times should it be printed? 3'
>
>
That means you're having an issue with getting something that isn't just a
number.

try:

number = input("How many ... ")
print (number)
number = int(number)
print (number)

HTH,
Wayne


>
> Can you please advise me how to resolve this issue?
>
>
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