[Tutor] errors in "Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner"??

[Vern Ceder]

Bill,

Try this:

>>> print("hello", "Bill")
('Hello', 'Bill')
>>> x = input("Your name?")
Your name?Bill
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'Bill' is not defined

and see if those work (my results on 2.6 shown). In Python 3 the results
are:

>>> print ("Hello", "Bill")
Hello Bill
>>> x = input("Your name?")
Your name?Bill
>>>

Cheers,
Vern
The two examples you show would work on any Python 2.x (or even 1.5) system.
The  parens around the single string won't cause an error nor will using
input to get an integer.

Cheers,
Vern

On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 11:18 PM, Bill Allen <wallenpb at gmail.com> wrote:

> I will agree that it seems odd, but here is a sample run from my system.  I
> promise I am not pulling anyone's leg!   :-))
>
> wallenpb at Ubuntu-D810:~$ python
> Python 2.6.5 (r265:79063, Apr 16 2010, 13:09:56)
> [GCC 4.4.3] on linux2
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>> print("hello world")
> hello world
> >>> x = input("how many?")
> how many?5
> >>> x
> 5
>
> On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 9:31 PM, Corey Richardson <kb1pkl at aim.com> wrote:
>
>> On 01/13/2011 10:29 PM, Bill Allen wrote:
>> > That is correct about the difference between Python 2 and Python 3
>> > syntax.   However, I am surprised that with 2.7.1 these do not work.   I
>> > have found that on my Ubuntu system with Python 2.6.5 these Python 3
>> > syntax items do seem to work properly.  I am assuming they were back
>> > ported or something.  I would have expected the same for 2.7.1.
>> >
>> > --Bill
>>
>> I'm using Python 2.6.6 and I have a feeling you are not using python
>> 2.6.5 with Python3 syntax working. I could be very wrong, but just a
>> hunch ;)
>>
>> ~Corey
>>
>
>
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Vern Ceder
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