Yaraslau Shanhin 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: "))
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'
Can you please advise me how to resolve this issue?
When I correct for your missing newline, it works for me. I don't know
of any version of Python which would copy the prompt string into the
result value of input or raw_input() function.
Try pasting the exact console session, rather than paraphrasing it.
DaveA
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