On Dec 27, 1:34 pm, David Lemper wrote: > > Problem is the new input() function. Yields a string. > > Thanks to Scott, Chris, Gabriel & John. > > Some thought I was not using the Python 3 command line. > I was : Python 3.0 (r30:67507... > Erratic behavior was that I was sometimes using n = input() > and sometimes entering the integer directly into the > math.sqrt() function, eg s = math.sqrt(4194304) > > I cannot find a mention of this in "The Python Tutorial > release 3.1" The I&O section discusses output formatting > and reading & writing text files.
Yes, it's not in the Tutorial. But you must have found out about its existence somewhere ... 2.x manuals? > John pointed out its in Guido's "What's New in Python3.0" > Indeed its mentioned in PEP 3111, near end of What's New > and somewhat obscurely. " raw_input() was renamed to input(). > That is the new input() function function reads a line from > sys.stdin . . ." If you are sticking to 3.0, then you're not in the target audience for "What's New in Python3.0". Just read the docs on the input function: http://docs.python.org/3.0/library/functions.html#input or use help() at the interactive prompt: Python 3.0 (r30:67507, Dec 3 2008, 20:14:27) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> help(input) Help on built-in function input in module builtins: input(...) input([prompt]) -> string Read a string from standard input. The trailing newline is stripped. [snip] HTH, John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
