Ah, that was actually correct. Thanks ... /Martin S
2014-06-26 20:58 GMT+02:00 alister <alister.nospam.w...@ntlworld.com>: > On Thu, 26 Jun 2014 20:53:35 +0200, Martin S wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I've been following the tutorial here > > http://anh.cs.luc.edu/python/hands-on/3.1/handsonHtml/ > > But when I get to section 1.10 there is > > > > person = input('Enter your name: ') > > > > However this generates an error > > > > > >>>> person = input('Enter your name: ') > > Enter your name: hi > > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "<pyshell#0>", line 1, in <module> > > person = input('Enter your name: ') > > File "<string>", line 1, in <module> > > NameError: name 'hi' is not defined > >>>> > >>>> > > I have no idea what I am doing wrong with this - it look correct to me. > > > > I'm obviously doing something stupid, anyone can suggest what? > > > > /M . > > As a quick guess you are using python 2.X when the tutorial is written > for python 3.X > Input is one of the incompatible changes between 2.x & 3.x > try raw_input instead (or install Python 3) > > > > -- > You can't get there from here. > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- Regards, Martin S
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