[Tutor] Beginner level: Why doesn't my code work?

[Rafael Knuth]

Hello, please post in plain text (not html) in future. Also you should
mention what version of Python you're using as it makes a dfference in
this case.

Thank you, I am using Python 3.3.0
As for the HTML ... I copied the code from the Python Shell - should I post
code as a screenshot?
Would that resolve that issue you mentioned?

In Python 3 you should use input(). In Python 2 you should use
raw_input(). I'm guessing that you're using Python 2. In Python 2 the
input() function tries to evaluate whatever the user types in as if it
was Python code. Since Rafael is not a defined variable it fails. The
fix is to use raw_input() which just returns a string.

I am not sure I understand.
"Rafael" is the user's in put, and that value is assigned to the variable
"name".
I made sure only a string is accepted as input

name = (str(input("What's your name?"))

Can you clarify? Thank you in advance.


On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Oscar Benjamin
<oscar.j.benjamin at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 19 May 2013 14:04, Rafael Knuth <rafael.knuth at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
>
> Hello, please post in plain text (not html) in future. Also you should
> mention what version of Python you're using as it makes a dfference in
> this case.
>
> >
> > here's a tiny little program I wrote:
> >
> > import random
> >
> > print("""
> >
> > This is a magic super computer.
> >
> > He will ask you a couple of questions.
> >
> > An ultra-complicated algorithm will then figure out what your favorite
> meal
> > is.
> >
> > """)
> >
> > name = str(input("What is your name? "))
>
> In Python 3 you should use input(). In Python 2 you should use
> raw_input(). I'm guessing that you're using Python 2. In Python 2 the
> input() function tries to evaluate whatever the user types in as if it
> was Python code. Since Rafael is not a defined variable it fails. The
> fix is to use raw_input() which just returns a string.
>
> An alternative fix is to write
>
> input = raw_input
>
> at the top of your script. That way you won't need to change anything
> else to have it work with Python 3. In fact if you write it like this
>
> try:
>     input = raw_input
> except NameError:
>     pass
>
> then it will work in both Python 2 and 3.
>
> > Here's the error message I am getting:
> >
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "/home/rafael/Documents/3_Tufcik.py", line 13, in <module>
> >     name = str(input("What is your name? "))
> >   File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
> > NameError: name 'Rafael' is not defined
>
>
> Oscar
>
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